jpdb beta

to pick up; to find; to gather

to pick up; to pick out

to gather

picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)

picking up trash; collecting garbage

a find; windfall; bargain

scavenging for food

to single out; to select

reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand

firewood gathering

fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy

to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; (lit.) to gather chestnuts from the fire

to collect the ashes of the deceased; to look after someone's affairs after he dies

fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy

when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel

ragpicking; ragpicker

finder (of lost property)

rag-picker

gathering up the ashes of the deceased

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

(a) wander; amble; walking on the good part of a street (to avoid puddles, etc.)

ragpicker

to grow old

walking on the good part of a street (to avoid puddles, etc.)

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

walk; walking

picking up stitches (knitting)

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

gathering cigarette butts; person gathering cigarette butts

penny wise and pound foolish