落おち穂ぼ拾ひろい

noun

gleaning; picking up fallen grain after harvest

Refers to the traditional practice of gathering leftover crops from the field after the main harvest. Also used metaphorically for collecting small remnants or overlooked items.

• 昔むかしは、収しゅう穫かくの後あとに落おち穂ぼ拾ひろいをするのが貧まずしい人ひと々びとの糧かてになっていた。

  In the past, gleaning after the harvest provided sustenance for the poor.

• 彼かれは古ふる本ほん屋やで絶ぜっ版ぱんの資し料りょうを落おち穂ぼ拾ひろいのように集あつめている。

  He collects out-of-print materials from secondhand bookstores like gleaning.