ピックアップ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

picking out; choosing; selection

Refers to the act of selecting or highlighting specific items, people, or topics from a larger set. Often used in media, data analysis, and everyday contexts.

from English pick up

• ニュースで今日きょうの重じゅう要ようトピックをピックアップして紹しょう介かいします。

  We'll pick out and introduce today's important topics on the news.

• データから異い常じょう値ちをピックアップする。

  Pick out outliers from the data.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

picking up (someone in a vehicle)

Specifically means collecting a person by car or other vehicle. Not used for picking up objects.

• 駅えきまで友とも達だちをピックアップしに行いく。

  I'm going to pick up a friend at the station.

noun

pickup (record player); phono cartridge

Technical term for the component that reads the grooves of a vinyl record. Domain-specific audio equipment term.

• このレコードプレーヤーはピックアップの交こう換かんが簡かん単たんだ。

  This record player makes it easy to replace the pickup.

noun

pickup truck

Abbreviation of ピックアップトラック. Refers to the vehicle type.

See also: 小型トラック

• アメリカではピックアップが人にん気きだ。

  Pickup trucks are popular in America.

noun

pickup (physics reaction)

Physics term for a type of nuclear reaction. Highly domain-specific.

• ピックアップ反はん応のうは核かく物ぶつ理り学がくで研けん究きゅうされている。

  Pickup reactions are studied in nuclear physics.