picking up; gathering; person who picks things up
Refers to the act of picking up or gathering things, or a person who does so. Often used in compounds like 落ち葉拾い (gathering fallen leaves) or 貝拾い (shell gathering).
子供たちは海岸で貝拾いを楽しんだ。
The children enjoyed shell gathering on the beach.
type-picking
Printing term: the process of picking individual type pieces for composition. Cross-referenced with 文選.
See also: 文選
Honorific usage, typically with the prefix お (お拾い). Used to refer to someone's walking in a respectful manner.
お拾いの途中でお会いしました。
I met you while you were out walking.
I picked up trash in the park.
彼は道端で小銭拾いをしていた。
He was picking up small change on the roadside.
In letterpress printing, a type-picker performs type-picking.
社長がゆっくりお拾いになった。
The president walked slowly (honorific expression).
収集 is a formal word for organized collecting (e.g. 切手収集), whereas 拾い suggests casually picking up scattered items like leaves or shells.
お拾い is the honorific word for someone's walking, while 歩き is the plain, neutral noun for walking.
拾い is the noun/suffix form used in compounds like 貝拾い, while 拾う is the conjugated verb meaning 'to pick up'.
narrow escape from death; barely surviving
found article; thing picked up · lucky find; windfall; bargain
pick up; lift up · pick out; single out; point out
ragpicking; ragpicker
walk; walking
finder of lost property
foundling; rescued child
ragpicker; junk collector
image found online; found image
Standard kanji spelling for the noun form of 拾う.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.
Noun form of the verb 拾う (ひろう, 'to pick up'), derived from its continuative form (連用形). The honorific sense is a specialized usage with the prefix お.
picking up stitches
passing food from chopsticks to chopsticks
picking one's way; walking on the good part of a street
retrieving balls; acting as ball boy · ball boy; player assigned to retrieve balls