noun

  1. retrieving balls (during a practice session; in tennis, baseball, etc.), acting as ball boy.
  2. ball boy, player (in a tennis club, etc.) assigned the role of ball boy.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
球拾い たまひろい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

ball, sphere
キュウ たま く (3rd, N3)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
request, want, wish for
もと.める キュウ グ (4th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
water radical variant (no. 85)
スイ
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
pick up, gather, find
ひろ.う シュウ (3rd, N2)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
fit, suit, join
あ.う あい- ゴウ (2nd, N3)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)