拾う
解説 Definition
地面や床に落ちているものを手で拾い上げること。人を車で迎えに行くこと。
To pick up something means to lift it from a surface or from the ground. It can also mean to collect a person or thing, or to learn something gradually, such as a skill or language. The exact meaning depends on the situation, so context is important.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pick up は、pick「つまみ取る・選び取る」＋ up「上へ」で、床や地面にある物を手に取って持ち上げる動きから覚えるのが基本です。pick up a coin, pick up your phone, pick up the books のように、小物を拾い上げる場面を思い浮かべましょう。人に使うと、駅や学校などで待っている相手を車で迎えて乗せる表現にもなります。中心は「ある場所から取って移動させる」です。
The core image is pick + up: take something and lift it upward. This helps with phrases like pick up a coin, pick up your phone, and pick up the books. The same idea can extend to people, as in pick someone up by car. In both cases, someone or something is taken from one place and moved.
例文
She picked up the book that had fallen on the floor.
彼女は床に落ちた本を拾い上げた。
I'll pick you up at the station at five o'clock.
5時に駅まで迎えに行きます。
He picked up a few useful phrases during his trip to France.
彼はフランス旅行中にいくつかの便利なフレーズを覚えた。
迎えに行く
(意味 2)解説 Definition
人のいる場所まで行って、その人を車などに乗せて一緒に連れて帰るときの表現。学校・駅・空港へ家族や友人を迎えに行く場面で特によく使う。仕事帰りに立ち寄って迎えるような文脈にも自然に使える。
To pick someone up means to go to the place where that person is and take them somewhere, usually by car. It is often used when you go to a school, station, airport, or workplace to meet a family member or friend and bring them with you. It sounds natural in everyday situations, such as collecting children after school or stopping somewhere on your way home from work.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
核は "pick＋up＝つまんで上へ上げる"。まず pick に「選ぶ・つまみ取る」の感覚があると、床の物を pick up するのは自然に理解できます。ここから意味が広がり、人を車で pick up するも「その場から乗せて連れていく」という同じ発想です。pick out は「選び出す」、pick up は「手に取る・迎えに行く」と切り分けると混同しにくいです。よくある形は pick up a coin, pick up the kids, pick me up at the station.
Think of pick up as “pick + up”: you choose or take something and lift it up. Picking up a coin from the floor is the basic image. From there, picking up a person by car means taking them from that place and bringing them with you. To avoid confusion, remember that pick out means “choose,” while pick up can mean “take in your hand” or “go and get someone.”
例文
Can you pick up the kids from school today?
今日、子どもたちを学校へ迎えに行ってくれる？
I'll pick you up at the station around six.
6時ごろ駅まで迎えに行くよ。
She stopped by the office to pick up her husband after work.
彼女は仕事の後、夫を迎えに会社へ立ち寄った。
受け取る
(意味 3)解説 Definition
注文した品物や預けてあった物を、店・受付・配送拠点などで自分で受け取るときの表現。自宅に届くのを待つのではなく、取りに行って受領する場面でよく使う。荷物、書類、クリーニングなど幅広い対象に使える。
To pick up something means to go to a place and receive or collect it yourself. It is often used when you get something from a store, reception desk, delivery point, or service counter instead of waiting for it to be delivered to your home. You can use it for packages, documents, dry cleaning, orders, and many other things.
例文
I need to pick up my order from the store after work.
仕事の後で店に注文品を受け取りに行く必要がある。
You can pick up the documents at the front desk tomorrow morning.
明日の朝、受付で書類を受け取れます。
She picked up her dry cleaning on the way home.
彼女は帰り道にクリーニングを受け取った。
身につける
(意味 4)解説 Definition
知識・技能・言語などを、勉強や経験を通して少しずつ自分のものにする意味。学校で正式に習う場合にも、仕事や生活の中で自然に覚える場合にも使える。努力や接触の積み重ねで習得する響きがある。
To pick up knowledge, a skill, or a language means to learn it gradually through study, practice, or experience. It can describe formal learning at school, but it is also often used when you learn something naturally in daily life or at work. The phrase suggests that repeated contact or effort helps you make the knowledge or skill your own.
例文
She picked up Spanish while living in Mexico.
彼女はメキシコで暮らすうちにスペイン語を身につけた。
You can pick up a lot of useful skills by helping with different projects.
いろいろなプロジェクトを手伝うことで、多くの役立つ技能を身につけられる。
He quickly picked up the basics of coding through online lessons.
彼はオンライン授業でコーディングの基礎をすぐに身につけた。
pick up の語源・成り立ち Etymology
pickは中英語pikken「つつく・つまみ取る」に由来するゲルマン系の語で、upは古英語up「上へ」です。関連語はpicker、pickaxe。もとは指先や先のとがった物でちょいと取り上げる動きなので、「拾う」だけでなく「身につける」にも広がったと見えてきます。
"Pick" comes from Middle English pikken, a Germanic word meaning to peck, prick, or pluck. "Up" comes from Old English and adds the idea of upward movement. The phrase first suggested lifting something with the fingers or a pointed tool, then grew into wider uses like taking something in hand or acquiring it. Related words include "picker" and "pickaxe."
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