"選択肢" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [sẽ̞nta̠kɯ̟ᵝɕi] Forms: 選択肢 [canonical] (ruby: (せん), (たく), ()), sentakushi [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 選択(せんたく) (sentaku, “choice”) + 肢(し) (shi, “limb”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|選択|せんたく|肢|し|t1=choice|t2=limb}} 選択(せんたく) (sentaku, “choice”) + 肢(し) (shi, “limb”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|せんたくし}} 選(せん)択(たく)肢(し) • (sentakushi)
  1. choice, alternative (a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities)

Download JSON data for 選択肢 meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)

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          "ref": "2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of \"Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa\"",
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