"選ぶ" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [e̞ɾa̠bɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|えらぶ|tr=trans|type=1}} 選(えら)ぶ • (erabu) transitive godan (stem 選(えら)び (erabi), past 選(えら)んだ (eranda)) Forms: 選ぶ [canonical] (ruby: (えら)), erabu [romanization], 選び [stem] (ruby: (えら)), 選んだ [past] (ruby: (えら)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 選ば [error-unrecognized-form], えらば [error-unrecognized-form], eraba [error-unrecognized-form], 選び [error-unrecognized-form], えらび [error-unrecognized-form], erabi [error-unrecognized-form], 選ぶ [error-unrecognized-form], えらぶ [error-unrecognized-form], erabu [error-unrecognized-form], 選べ [error-unrecognized-form], えらべ [error-unrecognized-form], erabe [error-unrecognized-form], 選ばれる [passive], えらばれる [passive], erabareru [passive], 選ばせる [causative], 選ばす [causative], えらばせる [causative], えらばす [causative], erabaseru [causative], erabasu [causative], 選べる [potential], えらべる [potential], eraberu [potential], 選ぼう [volitional], えらぼう [volitional], erabō [volitional], 選ばない [negative], えらばない [negative], erabanai [negative], 選ばず [continuative, negative], えらばず [continuative, negative], erabazu [continuative, negative], 選びます [formal], えらびます [formal], erabimasu [formal], 選んだ [perfective], えらんだ [perfective], eranda [perfective], 選んで [conjunctive], えらんで [conjunctive], erande [conjunctive], 選べば [conditional, hypothetical], えらべば [conditional, hypothetical], erabeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to select; to choose Synonyms (to choose (colloquial)): 選び出す (erabidasu) (ruby: (えら), ()) Synonyms (to select (literal)): 選出する (senshutsu suru) (ruby: 選出(せんしゅつ)) Synonyms (to select/choose): 選択する (sentaku suru) (ruby: 選択(せんたく)), 選定する (sentei suru) (ruby: 選定(せんてい))
    Sense id: en-選ぶ-ja-verb-rvjwysvw Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 75 16 9 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu: 36 34 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 70 19 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 90 7 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 35 38 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 77 15 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 31 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 20 14 Disambiguation of 'to choose (colloquial)': 87 13 0 Disambiguation of 'to select (literal)': 83 17 0 Disambiguation of 'to select/choose': 87 13 0
  2. to elect Synonyms (to elect): 選挙する (senkyo suru) (ruby: 選挙(せんきょ))
    Sense id: en-選ぶ-ja-verb-6ofix1UJ Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu: 36 34 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 35 38 27 Disambiguation of 'to elect': 12 88 0
  3. to screen Synonyms (to screen (colloquial)): 選び抜く (erabinuku) (ruby: (えら), ()) Synonyms (to screen (literal)): 選抜する (senbatsu suru) (ruby: 選抜(せんばつ))
    Sense id: en-選ぶ-ja-verb-ITo771vt Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu: 36 34 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 35 38 27 Disambiguation of 'to screen (colloquial)': 2 2 96 Disambiguation of 'to screen (literal)': 8 5 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 選別 (senbetsu) (ruby: 選別(せんべつ))
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "選ぶ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選び",
      "roman": "erabi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選んだ",
      "roman": "eranda",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-bu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eraba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選び",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらび",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選べ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらべ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ばれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらばれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ばせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ばす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらばせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらばす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選べる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらべる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eraberu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ぼう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらぼう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ばない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらばない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ばず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらばず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選びます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらびます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選んだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらんだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eranda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選んで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらんで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選べば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらべば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "えらぶ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "選(えら)ぶ • (erabu) transitive godan (stem 選(えら)び (erabi), past 選(えら)んだ (eranda))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "senbetsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選別",
          "せんべつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "選別"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 16 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 34 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 19 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 7 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 38 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 15 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 31 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 20 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "one who is not picky in regards to what jobs they will take on",
          "roman": "shigoto o erabanai hito",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "仕事",
              "しごと"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "えら"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "仕事を選ばない人",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "選",
              "えら"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "もの"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "2005: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith\n選ばれし者だったのに!\nErabareshi mono datta noni!\nYou were the chosen one!"
        },
        {
          "english": "People may feel sad when a dolphin dies, but no one sheds tears over a livestock pig. It’s because those things aren’t equally important to them. That’s why, if I have to choose who to die between a friend and a stranger, I will always choose the stranger.",
          "ref": "2007 February 1, Mohiro Kitoh, “第31話「切(きり)江(え)洋(よう)介(すけ)」③ [Chapter 31: “Kirie Yōsuke” ③]”, in ぼくらの [Our], volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 55:",
          "roman": "Iruka no shi o kanashinde mo, kachiku no buta no shi ni ichiichi namida o nagasu hito wa inai. Sore wa soko ni junban o tsuketeiru kara yo ne. Dakara chijin no shi to tajin no shi, dochira ka o sentakushinakute wa ikenaku nattara, watashi wa mayowazu tajin no shi o erabu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "悲",
              "かな"
            ],
            [
              "家",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "畜",
              "ちく"
            ],
            [
              "豚",
              "ぶた"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "涙",
              "なみだ"
            ],
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "順",
              "じゅん"
            ],
            [
              "番",
              "ばん"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "他",
              "た"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "択",
              "たく"
            ],
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "迷",
              "まよ"
            ],
            [
              "他",
              "た"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "えら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "イルカの死を悲しんでも、家畜の豚の死にいちいち涙を流す人はいない。それはそこに順番をつけているからよね。だから知人の死と他人の死、どちらかを選択しなくてはいけなくなったら、私は迷わず他人の死を選ぶ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Good thing you didn’t choose me or Gorō, Ami. Right, Hiroshi?",
          "ref": "2009 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi with Buronson, “白い夏 [White Summer]”, in SHORT PROGRAM(ショート・プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 181:",
          "roman": "Ore ya Gorō o erabanakute seikai natta ze, Ami. Nā Hiroshi.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "俺",
              "おれ"
            ],
            [
              "吾",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "郎",
              "ろう"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "えら"
            ],
            [
              "正",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "解",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "亜",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "美",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "浩",
              "ひろし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "俺や吾郎を選ばなくて正解なったぜ、亜美。なァ浩。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to select; to choose"
      ],
      "id": "en-選ぶ-ja-verb-rvjwysvw",
      "links": [
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ],
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 0",
          "roman": "sentaku suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "選択",
              "せんたく"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "to select/choose",
          "word": "選択する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 0",
          "roman": "sentei suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "選定",
              "せんてい"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "to select/choose",
          "word": "選定する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17 0",
          "roman": "senshutsu suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "選出",
              "せんしゅつ"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "to select (literal)",
          "word": "選出する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 0",
          "roman": "erabidasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "選",
              "えら"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "だ"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "to choose (colloquial)",
          "word": "選び出す"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 34 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 38 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to elect"
      ],
      "id": "en-選ぶ-ja-verb-6ofix1UJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "elect",
          "elect"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88 0",
          "roman": "senkyo suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "選挙",
              "せんきょ"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "to elect",
          "word": "選挙する"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 34 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 38 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to screen"
      ],
      "id": "en-選ぶ-ja-verb-ITo771vt",
      "links": [
        [
          "screen",
          "screen"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 5 87",
          "roman": "senbatsu suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "選抜",
              "せんばつ"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "to screen (literal)",
          "word": "選抜する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 96",
          "roman": "erabinuku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "選",
              "えら"
            ],
            [
              "抜",
              "ぬ"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "to screen (colloquial)",
          "word": "選び抜く"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "えらぶ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e̞ɾa̠bɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "選ぶ"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "選ぶ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選び",
      "roman": "erabi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選んだ",
      "roman": "eranda",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-bu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eraba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選び",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらび",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選べ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらべ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ばれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらばれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ばせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ばす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらばせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらばす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選べる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらべる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eraberu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ぼう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらぼう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ばない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらばない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選ばず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらばず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選びます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらびます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選んだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらんだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eranda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選んで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらんで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選べば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えらべば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "えらぶ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "選(えら)ぶ • (erabu) transitive godan (stem 選(えら)び (erabi), past 選(えら)んだ (eranda))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "senbetsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選別",
          "せんべつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "選別"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "one who is not picky in regards to what jobs they will take on",
          "roman": "shigoto o erabanai hito",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "仕事",
              "しごと"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "えら"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "仕事を選ばない人",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "選",
              "えら"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "もの"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "2005: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith\n選ばれし者だったのに!\nErabareshi mono datta noni!\nYou were the chosen one!"
        },
        {
          "english": "People may feel sad when a dolphin dies, but no one sheds tears over a livestock pig. It’s because those things aren’t equally important to them. That’s why, if I have to choose who to die between a friend and a stranger, I will always choose the stranger.",
          "ref": "2007 February 1, Mohiro Kitoh, “第31話「切(きり)江(え)洋(よう)介(すけ)」③ [Chapter 31: “Kirie Yōsuke” ③]”, in ぼくらの [Our], volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 55:",
          "roman": "Iruka no shi o kanashinde mo, kachiku no buta no shi ni ichiichi namida o nagasu hito wa inai. Sore wa soko ni junban o tsuketeiru kara yo ne. Dakara chijin no shi to tajin no shi, dochira ka o sentakushinakute wa ikenaku nattara, watashi wa mayowazu tajin no shi o erabu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "悲",
              "かな"
            ],
            [
              "家",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "畜",
              "ちく"
            ],
            [
              "豚",
              "ぶた"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "涙",
              "なみだ"
            ],
            [
              "流",
              "なが"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "順",
              "じゅん"
            ],
            [
              "番",
              "ばん"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "他",
              "た"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "択",
              "たく"
            ],
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "迷",
              "まよ"
            ],
            [
              "他",
              "た"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "えら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "イルカの死を悲しんでも、家畜の豚の死にいちいち涙を流す人はいない。それはそこに順番をつけているからよね。だから知人の死と他人の死、どちらかを選択しなくてはいけなくなったら、私は迷わず他人の死を選ぶ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Good thing you didn’t choose me or Gorō, Ami. Right, Hiroshi?",
          "ref": "2009 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi with Buronson, “白い夏 [White Summer]”, in SHORT PROGRAM(ショート・プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 181:",
          "roman": "Ore ya Gorō o erabanakute seikai natta ze, Ami. Nā Hiroshi.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "俺",
              "おれ"
            ],
            [
              "吾",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "郎",
              "ろう"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "えら"
            ],
            [
              "正",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "解",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "亜",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "美",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "浩",
              "ひろし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "俺や吾郎を選ばなくて正解なったぜ、亜美。なァ浩。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to select; to choose"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ],
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to elect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elect",
          "elect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to screen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "screen",
          "screen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "えらぶ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e̞ɾa̠bɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "sentaku suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選択",
          "せんたく"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "to select/choose",
      "word": "選択する"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sentei suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選定",
          "せんてい"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "to select/choose",
      "word": "選定する"
    },
    {
      "roman": "senshutsu suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選出",
          "せんしゅつ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "to select (literal)",
      "word": "選出する"
    },
    {
      "roman": "erabidasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "to choose (colloquial)",
      "word": "選び出す"
    },
    {
      "roman": "senbatsu suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選抜",
          "せんばつ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "to screen (literal)",
      "word": "選抜する"
    },
    {
      "roman": "erabinuku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ],
        [
          "抜",
          "ぬ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "to screen (colloquial)",
      "word": "選び抜く"
    },
    {
      "roman": "senkyo suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選挙",
          "せんきょ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "to elect",
      "word": "選挙する"
    }
  ],
  "word": "選ぶ"
}

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}

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  "subsection": "verb",
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