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拾う ひろう N4

  1. to gather; to pick up
  2. to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped)
  3. to choose; to pick out; to select
  4. to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.); to pull off; to snatch (an unexpected victory)
  5. to pick up (someone; in a car, etc.)
  6. to flag down (a taxi); to hail
  7. to pick up (a signal, sound, interference, etc.)
  8. to (just manage to) return (the ball); to return (a difficult shot)
  9. to employ; to give a job; to take in; to take on (someone in adverse circumstances)
  10. to go on foot; to walk

年を拾う としをひろう

  1. to grow old

火中の栗を拾う かちゅうのくりをひろう

  1. to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire; to take a risk for someone

骨を拾う ほねをひろう

  1. to collect the ashes of the deceased
  2. to look after someone's affairs after he dies

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

  1. 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; when one door is shut, another is open

命を拾う いのちをひろう

  1. to have a narrow escape from death; to narrowly escape death
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