拾う（ひろう）
JLPT N4 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: to pick up
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 拾います | ひろいます |
| te-form | 拾って | ひろって |
| ta-form (past) | 拾った | ひろった |
| nai-form (negative) | 拾わない | ひろわない |
| potential form | 拾える | ひろえる |
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Example sentences
- 道で財布を拾って、交番に届けた。 — I found a wallet on the street and turned it in at the police box.
- 公園のごみを拾ってきれいにする。 — I pick up trash in the park to clean it up.
Idioms & proverbs containing “拾う”
- 捨てる神あれば拾う神あり (すてるかみあればひろうかみあり) — when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel; there are gods that will abandon you and there are gods that will pick you up
- 火中の栗を拾う (かちゅうのくりをひろう) — to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire
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