NichiDict

拾い集める

ひろいあつめる
[hiroiatsumeru]

Meanings

1.IchidanTransitive

to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)

Examples

子供たちは落ち葉を拾い集めた

The children gathered fallen leaves.

ボランティアがごみを拾い集めて袋に入れた。

The volunteer picked up trash and put it in bags.

歴史家は崩れかけた古い記録から断片的な情報を拾い集める

A historian collects fragments of information from crumbling old records.