to pick up ②to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped) ③to select ④to get (unexpectedly)

narrow escape from death

picking up trash

to pick up ②to pick out (e.g. key points in an article)

found article ②(lucky) find

scavenging for food

retrieving balls (during a practice session; in tennis, baseball, etc.) ②ball boy

retrieving balls (during a practice session; in tennis, baseball, etc.) ②ball boy

firewood gathering

finder (of lost property)

ragpicking

to gather

to single out

penny wise and pound foolish

to grow old

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

reading only the important parts ②reading word by word

gathering up the ashes of the deceased

ragpicker

(a) wander ②walking on the good part of a street (to avoid puddles, etc.)

control

found article

finding (lost property)

gleaning

finder (of lost property)

out of hand

to get out of hand

A Collection of Tales from Uji

Gleanings from Ancient Stories (Inbe no Hironari, 807 CE)