Keyword
pick up (off the ground)
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig720
Readings
ひろ
(88%)
びろ
(2%)
Composed of
left hand
come together
Used in vocabulary (53 in total)
to pick up; to find; to gather
to pick up; to pick out
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
narrow escape from death
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
ten; 10
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over
picking up trash; collecting garbage
a find; windfall; bargain
out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy
scavenging for food
to single out; to select
a find; windfall; bargain
reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand
fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy
firewood gathering
to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; (lit.) to gather chestnuts from the fire
to collect the ashes of the deceased; to look after someone's affairs after he dies
gleaning; gleanings
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy
finding (lost property); picking up
picking up trash; collecting garbage
ragpicking; ragpicker
finder (of lost property)
out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy
finder (of lost property)
gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
gathering up the ashes of the deceased
gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
(a) wander; amble; walking on the good part of a street (to avoid puddles, etc.)
100,000; hundred thousand
100,000; hundred thousand
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
walking on the good part of a street (to avoid puddles, etc.)
passing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)
100,000; hundred thousand
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
walk; walking
picking up stitches (knitting)
gathering cigarette butts; person gathering cigarette butts
image found on the Internet (as opposed to created by oneself)
Examples (44 in total)
Please pick me up by car in front of the hotel.
Don't pick that up. It's dirty.
He picked up a handkerchief from the floor.