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拾うひろうCommon wordN4Verbspick up; gather; find and pick up · pick out; select; choose · get unexpectedly; snatch a win; pull off · pick someone up; collect someone by car · hail; flag down · pick up a signal; pick up sound; receive interference · return a difficult shot; just manage to get the ball · take someone in; give someone a job; take on someone in need · walk; go on foot
拾いひろいNounspicking up; gathering; person who picks things up · type-picking · walking
収拾しゅうしゅうCommon wordN1Nounscontrol; settle; put in order
命拾いいのちびろいNounsnarrow escape from death; barely surviving
拾い物ひろいものCommon wordNounsfound article; thing picked up · lucky find; windfall; bargain
拾得しゅうとくCommon wordN1Nounsfinding lost property; picking up
拾い上げるひろいあげるVerbspick up; lift up · pick out; single out; point out
拾遺しゅういNounsgleaning; gleanings
収拾がつかないしゅうしゅうがつかないExpressionsout of hand; uncontrollable; out of control
収拾がつかなくなるしゅうしゅうがつかなくなるExpressionsget out of hand; become uncontrollable; boil over
古語拾遺こごしゅういNounsGleanings from Ancient Stories; historical record from the Inbe clan
命を拾ういのちをひろうExpressionsnarrowly escape death; have a close call with death
宇治拾遺物語うじしゅういものがたりNounsA Collection of Tales from Uji
屑拾いくずひろいNounsragpicking; ragpicker
年を拾うとしをひろうExpressionsgrow old; get on in years
御拾いおひろいNounswalk; walking
ボール拾いボールひろいNounsball retrieval; picking up balls · ball boy; ball girl
ごみ拾いごみひろいNounspicking up trash; litter picking; litter cleanup
モク拾いモクひろいNounsgathering cigarette butts; butt collector
拾い主ひろいぬしNounsfinder of lost property
拾い出すひろいだすVerbspick out; single out; select
拾い子ひろいごNounsfoundling; rescued child
拾い屋ひろいやNounsragpicker; junk collector
拾得物しゅうとくぶつNounsfound article; lost property
拾得者しゅうとくしゃNounsfinder of lost property
拾い歩きひろいあるきNounswandering; strolling; walking while picking things up · walking on the good part of a street; picking one's way along a street
拾い画ひろいがNounsimage found online; found image
拾い目ひろいめNounspicking up stitches
拾い箸ひろいばしNounspassing food from chopsticks to chopsticks
拾い読みひろいよみNounsskimming; browsing; reading here and there · reading word by word; reading only what one can understand
拾い足ひろいあしNounspicking one's way; walking on the good part of a street
拾い集めるひろいあつめるVerbspick up and gather; collect; glean
拾い食いひろいぐいNounsscavenging for food; eating food off the ground
捨てる神あれば拾う神ありすてるかみあればひろうかみありExpressionswhen one door shuts, another opens; there are gods that abandon you and gods that pick you up
火中の栗を拾うかちゅうのくりをひろうExpressionspull someone's chestnuts out of the fire; take a risk for someone else's benefit
爪で拾って箕で零すつめでひろってみでこぼすExpressionspenny wise and pound foolish
球拾いたまひろいNounsretrieving balls; acting as ball boy · ball boy; player assigned to retrieve balls
紙屑拾いかみくずひろいNounsragpicker; wastepaper collector
落ち穂拾いおちぼひろいNounsgleaning; picking up fallen grain after harvest
薪拾いたきぎひろいNounsfirewood gathering