► 動詞
拾う [ひろう] [coll] meaning: find rank: 1
☆ この辺でタクシーを拾うのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to pick up a taxi around here
☆ 彼は落とし物の財布を拾った ⇨ He found a (someone else’s) lost wallet (☛ Pick up something someone dropped on the ground unwittingly)
拾う [ひろう] meaning: pick up rank: 1
☆ マイクが偶然拾った会話 ⇨ A conversation the mike picked up by accident
☆ 彼は切られた後で拾われたチームでスターになった ⇨ He has become a star player with the team that picked him up after another team had cut him
☆ 彼は床に落ちた紙を拾った ⇨ He picked up the paper fell on the floor
☆ 彼は拾われた子供と苛められた ⇨ He was taunted as picked-up, adopted, child
拾う [ひろう] [coll] [peer] meaning: pick up rank: 1
☆ 彼は駅に娘を拾いに行った ⇨ He’s gone to the station to pick up his daughter
拾う [ひろう] [coll] meaning: obtain rank: 2
☆ 何処かで風邪を拾ったみたいだ ⇨ It seems like I got a cold somewhere
☆ 彼等は相手のミスのお陰で勝ちを拾った ⇨ They get an unlikely win thanks to the opponent’s mistake
拾い上げる [(5)ひろいあげる] meaning: pick up rank: 4
☆ 彼は床の上のボールを拾い上げた ⇨ He picked up the ball on the floor
拾い集める [(6)ひろいあつめる] meaning: pick up rank: 4
☆ 彼女は床の上のゴミを拾い集めた ⇨ She collected trashes on the floor
☆ 世界中から拾い集めた情報 ⇨ The information collected from all over the world (☛ Pick up scattered things one by one)
► 名詞
拾い [ひろい] meaning: pick up rank: 3
☆ 土曜日に皆で公園のゴミ拾いをした ⇨ We picked up trash in the park on Saturday
拾い物 [ひろいもの] meaning: find rank: 4
☆ この本は思わぬ拾い物だった ⇨ The book was an unexpected find (☛ Literally means “thing you picked up”)
拾い読み [ひろいよみ] [拾い読みする] meaning: read rank: 4
☆ 私はその本は拾い読みしただけだ ⇨ I have just read bits and pieces of that book