Word Meaning 拾い食い

ひろいぐい hiroigui

拾い食い is read as ひろいぐい (hiroigui) and means scavenging for food.

Meaning

English

  1. scavenging for food

Reading

Kana

ひろいぐい

Romaji

hiroigui

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 123908 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

じゅう

book containing a collection of poems

拾得

しゅうとく

finding (lost property)

拾う

ひろう

to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped)

拾い物

ひろいもの

found article

拾得物

しゅうとくぶつ

found article

拾い出す

ひろいだす

to single out

拾い目

ひろいめ

picking up stitches (knitting)

拾い主

ひろいぬし

finder (of lost property)

拾い画

ひろいが

image found on the Internet (as opposed to created by oneself)

虫食い

むしくい

holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.

命拾い

いのちびろい

narrow escape from death