拾い

In a sentence

• 道で拾い物をしました。

  I found something on the road.

  Here, '拾い物をする' refers to the act of finding or picking up an item accidentally on a path or road.

• 良いアイデアを拾い集めます。

  I gather good ideas.

  In this sentence, '拾い集める' extends the usage of '拾い' to mean collecting or gathering intangible items like ideas.

• 子供が落としたおもちゃを拾いました。

  I picked up the toy that the child dropped.

  '拾いました' is using the verb '拾う' in its past tense form to describe the specific act of picking up a tangible item, namely a toy.