"選ぶ" meaning in Japanese

See 選ぶ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [e̞ɾa̠bɯ̟ᵝ]
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 links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 75 16 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 70 19 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 89 7 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 76 16 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 75 16 9 Disambiguation of 'to choose (colloquial)': 86 14 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 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 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": "70 19 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 7 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 16 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 16 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "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"
        },
        {
          "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「切江洋介」③”, in ぼくらの [Our], volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, 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": [
            [
              "切",
              "きり"
            ],
            [
              "江",
              "え"
            ],
            [
              "洋",
              "よう"
            ],
            [
              "介",
              "すけ"
            ],
            [
              "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。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi with Buronson, “白い夏 [White Summer]”, in SHORT PROGRAM, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 181",
          "roman": "Good thing you didn’t choose me or Gorō, Ami. Right, Hiroshi?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "SHORT PROGRAM",
              "ショート・プログラム"
            ],
            [
              "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。\nOre ya Gorō o erabanakute seikai natta ze, Ami. Nā Hiroshi."
        }
      ],
      "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": "86 14 0",
          "roman": "erabidasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "選",
              "えら"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "だ"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "to choose (colloquial)",
          "word": "選び出す"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "[e̞ɾa̠bɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "選ぶ"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese type 1 verbs",
    "Japanese verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "選ぶ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erabu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選び",
      "roman": "erabi",
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        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選んだ",
      "roman": "eranda",
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        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "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"
        },
        {
          "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「切江洋介」③”, in ぼくらの [Our], volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, 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": [
            [
              "切",
              "きり"
            ],
            [
              "江",
              "え"
            ],
            [
              "洋",
              "よう"
            ],
            [
              "介",
              "すけ"
            ],
            [
              "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。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi with Buronson, “白い夏 [White Summer]”, in SHORT PROGRAM, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 181",
          "roman": "Good thing you didn’t choose me or Gorō, Ami. Right, Hiroshi?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "SHORT PROGRAM",
              "ショート・プログラム"
            ],
            [
              "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。\nOre ya Gorō o erabanakute seikai natta ze, Ami. Nā Hiroshi."
        }
      ],
      "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": "[e̞ɾa̠bɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "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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