拾う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
拾
ひろ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「拾う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		拾う ひろう
Imperative (命令形) 拾え ひろえ
Key constructions
Passive 拾われる ひろわれる
Causative 拾わせる ひろわせる
Potential 拾える ひろえる
Volitional 拾おう ひろおー
Negative 拾わない ひろわない
Negative perfective 拾わなかった ひろわなかった
Formal 拾います ひろいます
Perfective 拾った ひろった
Conjunctive 拾って ひろって
Hypothetical conditional 拾えば ひろえば

Verb

拾(ひろ)う • (hirou) ←ひろふ (firofu)?transitive godan (stem 拾(ひろ)い (hiroi), past 拾(ひろ)った (hirotta))

  1. to pick up
    女(おんな)の人(ひと)が私(わたし)の財(さい)布(ふ)を拾(ひろ)ってくれました。
    Onna no hito ga watashi no saifu o hirotte kuremashita.
    The woman picked up my wallet.
  2. (of a microphone) to pick up (a sound)
  3. to hail (a taxi)
  4. to pick up (a passenger)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "拾う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 拾わ ひろわ hirowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 拾い ひろい hiroi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 拾う ひろう hirou
Rentaikei ("attributive") 拾う ひろう hirou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 拾え ひろえ hiroe
Meireikei ("imperative") 拾え ひろえ hiroe
Key constructions
Passive 拾われる ひろわれる hirowareru
Causative 拾わせる
拾わす 		ひろわせる
ひろわす 		hirowaseru
hirowasu
Potential 拾える ひろえる hiroeru
Volitional 拾おう ひろおう hiroō
Negative 拾わない ひろわない hirowanai
Negative continuative 拾わず ひろわず hirowazu
Formal 拾います ひろいます hiroimasu
Perfective 拾った ひろった hirotta
Conjunctive 拾って ひろって hirotte
Hypothetical conditional 拾えば ひろえば hiroeba

Antonyms

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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