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落ち穂拾い (ochibohiroi) Japanese meaning: gleaning | Kotomora
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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.
He collects out-of-print materials from secondhand bookstores like gleaning.
Related words 収しゅう 穫かく 収穫 is the main harvest itself, while 落ち穂拾い is the act of gathering what was left behind.
拾ひろ い 集あつ める 拾い集める is a general verb for picking up and collecting scattered things, not limited to agricultural contexts.
Written forms 落お ち 穂ぼ 拾ひろ い
Standard kanji spelling. 落ち穂 (fallen ears of grain) + 拾い (picking up).
落おち 穂ぼ 拾ひろ い
Variant spelling without the okurigana ち. Both forms are used.
Etymology Compound of 落ち穂 (ochibo, 'fallen ears of grain') and 拾い (hiroi, 'picking up'). The practice is ancient and appears in many cultures; the Japanese term is straightforwardly descriptive.
