拾しゅう得とく

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拾得する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	拾しゅう得とくする	拾しゅう得とくしない
Polite	拾しゅう得とくします	拾しゅう得とくしません
Past polite	拾しゅう得とくしました	拾しゅう得とくしませんでした
Past	拾しゅう得とくした	拾しゅう得とくしなかった
Te-form	拾しゅう得とくして	拾しゅう得とくしないで
Desire	拾しゅう得とくしたい	拾しゅう得とくしたくない
Potential	拾しゅう得とくできる	拾しゅう得とくできない
Passive	拾しゅう得とくされる	拾しゅう得とくされない
Causative	拾しゅう得とくさせる	拾しゅう得とくさせない
Causative passive	拾しゅう得とくさせられる	拾しゅう得とくさせられない
Volitional	拾しゅう得とくしよう
Polite volitional	拾しゅう得とくしましょう
Imperative	拾しゅう得とくしろ	拾しゅう得とくするな
Conditional	拾しゅう得とくすれば	拾しゅう得とくしなければ
Tara conditional	拾しゅう得とくしたら	拾しゅう得とくしなかったら

Meanings

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

finding lost property; picking up

Refers to the act of finding and taking possession of lost items, often in legal or formal contexts such as 拾得物 (found article).

駅えきで財さい布ふを拾しゅう得とくしたら、すぐに交こう番ばんに届とどけましょう。
If you find a wallet at the station, take it to the police box right away.
拾しゅう得とく物ぶつの取とり扱あつかいについては、法ほう律りつで定さだめられています。
The handling of found property is stipulated by law.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を拾しゅう得とくするto find/pick up (a lost item)
駅えきのホームで財さい布ふを拾しゅう得とくした。
I found a wallet on the train platform.
〈場ば所しょ〉で〈物もの〉を拾しゅう得とくするto find (an item) at a place
公こう園えんで携けい帯たい電でん話わを拾しゅう得とくし、交こう番ばんに届とどけた。
I found a mobile phone in the park and turned it in at the police box.

Kanji

拾pick up, gather, find
得gain, get, find

Related words

拾ひろうN4
拾う is the common everyday verb for picking something up, while 拾得 is the formal/legal term used specifically for finding and taking possession of lost property.

Opposites

遺い失しつ
拾得 refers to finding someone else's lost property, while 遺失 refers to the act of losing it in the first place; the two terms pair up in legal usage (拾得物 vs 遺失物).
紛ふん失しつN1
拾得 means finding or picking up a lost item, the administrative opposite of 紛失, which means the item going missing.

Don't confuse with

習しゅう得とくN1
拾得 and 習得 are pronounced identically, but 拾得 means finding lost property while 習得 means learning or acquiring a skill.
収しゅう得とく
拾得 and 収得 sound the same, but 拾得 specifically means finding lost property while 収得 means acquiring or obtaining something (e.g. money, profit) more generally.

Counted with

件けんN2
拾得 is counted with 件 when referring to individual cases of found property, as in official 拾得件数 statistics.

Word family

拾しゅう得とく物ぶつ
found article; lost property
拾しゅう得とく者しゃ
finder of lost property

Etymology

Compound of 拾 (pick up, gather) and 得 (acquire, obtain). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling conventionally represents the act of finding and acquiring lost items.