JLPT N4 · Verb

拾う (hirou)

拾う (ひろう, hirou) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pick up; to gather”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひろう
Romaji: hirou
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to pick up; to gather · godan verb, transitive
to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped) · godan verb, transitive
to select; to choose; to pick out · godan verb, transitive
to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.); to snatch (an unexpected victory); to pull off · godan verb, transitive
to pick up (someone; in a car, etc.) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

床からペンを拾って下さい。

Please pick up the pen from the floor.

Tatoeba #146484

この財布はどこで拾ったのですか。

Where did you find this wallet?

Tatoeba #221895

ホテルの前で私を車で拾ってください。

Please pick me up by car in front of the hotel.

Tatoeba #196196

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 拾う

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	拾う	ひろう hirou
Polite (~masu)	拾います	ひろいます hiroimasu
Negative	拾わない	ひろわない hirowanai
Polite negative	拾いません	ひろいません hiroimasen
Past	拾った	ひろった hirotta
Polite past	拾いました	ひろいました hiroimashita
Negative past	拾わなかった	ひろわなかった hirowanakatta
Te-form	拾って	ひろって hirotte
Potential	拾える	ひろえる hiroeru
Passive	拾われる	ひろわれる hirowareru
Causative	拾わせる	ひろわせる hirowaseru
Volitional	拾おう	ひろおう hiroou
Imperative	拾え	ひろえ hiroe
Conditional (~ba)	拾えば	ひろえば hiroeba

Kanji in 拾う

拾

pick up, gather, findシュウ・ジュウ・ひろ.う · 9 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1332570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.