ひろ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う)
1. 落ちている物を、つかみ上げて持つ。
2. タクシーなどの街中を巡回する公共交通機関の車を、捕まえて乗る。
3. 人を車に乗せる。
4. 多数の中から見つけ、選ぶ。
5. 命や一生などを、ほとんど死ぬような状況から生き長らえさせる。
6. 道などを歩く。
7. 俳句を、ぶらぶらと歩きながら示唆を得て考え付く。
8. 養うことを主に目的として、捨て子などの身寄りのない人を連れて行く。
9. 得難いものや価値あるものなどを、運良く手に入れる。
10. マイクロホンが音声を受け、記録や再生などの処理をする。
Kanji used
pick up (off the ground)
Pitch accent
ろう
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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
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
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
Examples (13 in total)
Don't pick that up. It's dirty.
Can I catch a taxi near here?
He says he found it on the beach.
He picked up a handkerchief from the floor.
Please pick up the pen from the floor.
I'm fixing the radio that I found on my way home.
She bent down and picked up the coin.
Tom tried to pick up his keys with his toes.
Please pick me up by car in front of the hotel.
My mother stopped her sewing and picked up her book.
It's more economical to go by bus instead of taking a taxi.
I found a kitten. He was trembling and meowing in the corner of the park.
I found a dollar in the street.