骨を拾う

ほねをひろう

to collect the ashes of the deceased

命を拾う

いのちをひろう

to narrowly escape death; to have a narrow escape from death

拾う

ひろう

to pick up, to find, to gather

年を食う

としをくう

to grow older, to advance in age, to be very aged

年を追う

としをおう

as one gets on in their years, as the years pass, year after year

火中の栗を拾う

かちゅうのくりをひろう

to take a risk for someone, to endanger oneself for someone, to gather chestnuts from a fire

拾遺

しゅうい

gleaning, gleanings

収拾

しゅうしゅう

controlling, settling (e.g. an issue), coping, putting in order

拾い

picking up; gathering; person who picks things up

拾得

しゅうとく

picking up, finding

年を越す

としをこす

to enter a New Year

年をとる

としをとる

to grow old, to age

年を追うごとに

としをおうごとに

year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year

良いお年を

よいおとしを

Have a good New Year

年を重ねる

としをかさねる

to age, to grow old

年をまたぐ

としをまたぐ

to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year

年食う

としくう

to grow older, to advance in age, to be very aged

御拾い

walk; walking

拾い主

ひろいぬし

the finder