[せん, sen] (n, n-suf) selection; choice; choosing; picking; election; (P) #1587
[せんばつ, senbatsu] (n, vs) selection; choice; picking out; (P) #2453
[pikkuappu] (n, vs) pick-up; choice or selection; picking out (from a larger list) #10145
[さいしゅ, saishu] (n, vs) picking; collecting; harvesting; (P) #11318
[せせる, seseru] (v5r) (uk) to perform a small motion repetitively (i.e. picking or poking something)
[いいとこどり, iitokodori] (n, vs) focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherrypicking (e.g. information)
[ずぼらばし, zuborabashi] (n) (obsc) picking up a bowl with one's right hand which is already holding one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
[tsubekobe] (adv, adv-to) (on-mim) complaining; nitpicking
[りんごがり(りんご狩り;林檎狩り);リンゴがり(リンゴ狩り);リンゴガリ, ringogari ( ringo kari ; ringo kari ); ringo gari ( ringo kari ); ringogari] (n) apple picking
[りんごつみ, ringotsumi] (n) (obsc) picking apples; harvesting apples
[kankoroji-] (n) kan ecology (beautifying an area by picking up cans)
[ゴミあさり, gomi asari] (n) picking through garbage; dumpster diving; scavenging rubbish
[pikkingu] (n) (1) picking (esp. distributor picking up merchandise from a storage facility); (2) lock picking; (P)
[pikkingurisuto] (n) { comp } picking list
[pikku] (n) pick; picking; (P)
[いちばんちゃ, ichibancha] (n) first-grade tea (first picking)
[はなつみ, hanatsumi] (n, vs) flower picking
[ぎゃくナン, gyaku nan] (n, vs) (sl) (from 逆+ナンパ) women picking up men (on the street)
[くずひろい, kuzuhiroi] (n) ragpicking; ragpicker
[くわつみ, kuwatsumi] (n) picking mulberry leaves; mulberry-leaf pickers
[ひろいめ, hiroime] (n, vs) picking up stitches (knitting)
[しゅうとく, shuutoku] (n, vs) picking up; finding; (P)
[じょうまえやぶり, joumaeyaburi] (n) breaking a lock; picking a lock
[よりどり, yoridori] (n) picking and choosing
[おくりむかえ, okurimukae] (n, vs) seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
[ちゃつみ, chatsumi] (n) tea harvesting (picking)
[ちゃつみうた, chatsumiuta] (n) tea-picking song
[つまみ, tsumami] (n) (1) (uk) knob; handle; button; (2) { comp } (file) handle; (3) snack (to have with a drink); side dish; (suf) (4) a pinch (e.g. of salt); (n, n-suf) (5) picking; harvesting; (P)
[つみくさ, tsumikusa] (n) picking herbs and wildflowers
[てきしゅ, tekishu] (n, vs) picking; plucking up
[てきしゅつ, tekishutsu] (n, vs) picking out; exposing; taking out; -ectomy (suf) (surgical removal); (P)
[にぶちん(鈍ちん);にぶチン(鈍チン), nibuchin ( don chin ); nibu chin ( don chin )] (n) (uk) (See 鈍い・にぶい・2) dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)
[なんぱ;ナンパ, nanpa ; nanpa] (n) (1) seducer; smooth talker; ladies' man; playboy; playgirl; (n, vs) (2) (uk) (col) (usu. written as ナンパ) (See 逆ナン) picking up women (on the street); (n) (3) (See 硬派・1) moderate party; moderate; (4) social story (in a newspaper, etc.); society columnist (of a newspaper); (5) bearish trader; bear
[うるさがた, urusagata] (n) fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking
[ぶどうがり, budougari] (n) grape picking
[ぶっしょく, busshoku] (n, vs) (1) looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; rummaging; scouring (a place) looking for (something); (2) picking out; singling out
[わたつみ, watatsumi] (n) picking cotton
[おちこぼれ, ochikobore] (n) (1) (sens) leftovers; odds and ends; pickings; (2) (sens) student who can't keep up in school; dunce; (P)
[おちぼひろい, ochibohiroi] (n) act of picking up crop left after harvesting; name of painting by Millet