Illustration: On the pavement outside a Japanese station entrance, a commuter bends low and lifts a dropped child's glove from the ground. The glove still hangs just above the paving between their fingertips, making the upward retrieval clear.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

拾ひろう

hirou

to pick up

Example sentences

  1. 床ゆかからペンを拾ひろって下ください。

    Please pick up the pen from the floor.

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  2. 道みちで一いちドルを拾ひろった。

    I found a dollar in the street.

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  3. 彼かれは道みちで空あき缶かんをひろった。

    He picked up cans in the street.

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Kanji in 拾

  • 拾pick up; gatherOnシュウ・ジュウKunひろう

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