JLPT N4 vocabulary
拾う: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
ひろう0Heiban · flat
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- 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
- to pick up (someone; in a car, etc.)
- to flag down (a taxi), to hail
- to pick up (a signal, sound, interference, etc.)
- to (just manage to) return (the ball), to return (a difficult shot)
- to take on (someone in adverse circumstances), to employ, to give a job, to take in
- to walk, to go on foot
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 拾う | 拾 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 拾 | 拾 |
| Polite presentます形 | 拾 | 拾 |
| Polite pastました形 | 拾 | 拾 |
| Te-formて形 | 拾 | 拾 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 拾 | 拾 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 拾 | 拾 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 拾 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 拾 | 拾 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 拾 | 拾う |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 拾 | 拾 |
| Passive受身形 | 拾 | 拾 |
| Make / let使役形 | 拾 | 拾 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 拾 | 拾 |