拾う
ひろう · hirou (also spelled hiro)
To pick up, to gather
- to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped)
- to select, to choose, to pick out
- to get (unexpectedly), to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.), to snatch (an unexpected victory), to pull off
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Example sentences
出張先で、タクシーを拾うのに苦労した。
しゅっちょうさきで、たくしーをひろうのにくろうした。
I had trouble hailing a taxi at the trip destination.
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砂浜で貝殻を拾うのも楽しいけど、熱中症に気をつけてね。
すなはまでかいがらをひろうのもたのしいけど、ねっちゅうしょうにきをつけてね。
Collecting shells on the beach is fun, but be careful of heatstroke.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 拾いますひろいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 拾いませんひろいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 拾いましたひろいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 拾いませんでしたひろいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 拾いましょうひろいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 拾いひろい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 拾いたいひろいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 拾いながらひろいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 拾ってひろって |
| Plain past (た形) | 拾ったひろった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 拾ったらひろったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 拾っているひろっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 拾わないひろわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 拾わなかったひろわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 拾わなくてひろわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 拾えるひろえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 拾えばひろえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 拾えひろえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 拾おうひろおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 拾われるひろわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 拾わせるひろわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 拾わされるひろわされる |
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What does 拾う mean?
To pick up, to gather. It can also mean: to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select, to choose, to pick out; to get (unexpectedly), to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.), to snatch (an unexpected victory), to pull off.
How do you pronounce 拾う?
ひろう (hirou). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 拾う?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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