hiroimasu

Hiroimasu is the romanized rendering of a Japanese verb form, most commonly 拾います, the polite present form of 拾う (hirou), meaning to pick up, gather, or collect. In standard romanization, hiroimasu denotes the non-past polite usage of the verb and is a common form in everyday Japanese.

Usage and meaning

The primary sense of hiroimasu is to physically pick up an object, such as拾います in a sentence like 私は落ちている石を拾います (Watashi wa ochite iru ishi o hiroimasu), “I will pick up the stone that’s on the ground.” The verb can also be used more broadly to mean to gather or collect things, or to salvage items that were dropped or scattered. Past tense is 拾いました (hiroimashita). The te-form is 拾って (hirotte), used to connect actions, and the negative form is 拾いません (hiroimasen).

Morphology and related forms

The dictionary form of the verb is 拾う (hirou). Its polite present form is 拾います (hiroimasu). It conjugates through standard Japanese verb patterns, with common forms including 拾いました (hiroimashita) for past, 拾えます (hiroemasu) for potential, and 拾われる (hirowareru) in the passive. The stem is 拾 (hiro-).

Other uses and scope

As a romanized string, hiroimasu could in principle be encountered as a surname or part of a fictional name, though it is not known as a widely recognized real-world name or place. In most contexts, it is read as the polite form of 拾う. See also Japanese verbs and romanization conventions for related information.