Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, る)
1. to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
Kanji used
hand
take
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Composed of
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
Examples (4 in total)
He picked up a piece of chalk.
I quickly picked up the remote control.
Tom picked his pencil up and started to write.