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Vocabulary (12)

• 宇治拾遺物語

  うじしゅういものがたり

  A Collection of Tales from Uji

• 拾得者

  しゅうとくしゃ

  finder (of lost property)

• 拾い主

  ひろいぬし

  finder (of lost property)

• 薪拾い

  たきぎひろい

  firewood gathering

• 拾得物

  しゅうとくぶつ

  found article

• 骨拾い

  こつひろい

  gathering up the ashes of the deceased

• 落ち穂拾い

  おちぼひろい

  gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)

• 拾い画

  ひろいが

  image found on the Internet (as opposed to created by oneself)

• 命拾い

  いのちびろい

  narrow escape from death

• 拾い箸

  ひろいばし

  passing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)

• 爪で拾って箕で零す

  つめでひろってみでこぼす

  penny wise and pound foolish

• 拾い目

  ひろいめ

  picking up stitches (knitting)