| 球拾い | たまひろい | (n) fetching balls/caddy/ |
| 金拾万円 | きんじゅうまんえん
| 100,000 Yen/(P)/ |
| 屑拾い | くずひろい | (n) ragpicking/ragpicker/ |
| 骨拾い | こつひろい
| (n) gathering up the ashes of the
deceased/ |
| 紙屑拾い | かみくずひろい | ragpicker/ |
| 収拾 | しゅうしゅう | (n,vs) control/settling/coping/(P)/ |
| 薪拾い | たきぎひろい
| firewood gathering/ |
| 石を拾う | いしをひろう
| (exp) to pick up a stone/ |
| 爪で拾って箕で零す | つめでひろってみでこぼす | (exp) penny wise and pound foolish/ |
| 年を拾う | としをひろう
| (v5) to grow old/ |
| 命拾い | いのちびろい
| (n) narrow escape from death/ |
| 落ち穂拾い | おちぼひろい | (n) act of picking up crop left after harvesting/name of
painting by Millet/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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