"選択" meaning in Japanese

See 選択 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [sẽ̞nta̠kɯ̟] Forms: 選択 [canonical] (ruby: (せん), (たく)), sentaku [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|せんたく}} 選(せん)択(たく) • (sentaku)
  1. a selection; a choice; an option Derived forms: 選択肢 (sentakushi) (ruby: (せん), (たく), ()) (english: option)
    Sense id: en-選択-ja-noun-HJal-dos

Verb

IPA: [sẽ̞nta̠kɯ̟]
Forms: 選択する [canonical] (ruby: (せん), (たく)), sentaku suru [romanization], 選択し [stem] (ruby: (せん), (たく)), 選択した [past] (ruby: (せん), (たく)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 選択し [error-unrecognized-form], せんたくし [error-unrecognized-form], sentaku shi [error-unrecognized-form], 選択する [error-unrecognized-form], せんたくする [error-unrecognized-form], sentaku suru [error-unrecognized-form], 選択すれ [error-unrecognized-form], せんたくすれ [error-unrecognized-form], sentaku sure [error-unrecognized-form], 選択せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 選択しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], せんたくせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], せんたくしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], sentaku seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], sentaku shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 選択される [passive], せんたくされる [passive], sentaku sareru [passive], 選択させる [causative], 選択さす [causative], せんたくさせる [causative], せんたくさす [causative], sentaku saseru [causative], sentaku sasu [causative], 選択できる [potential], せんたくできる [potential], sentaku dekiru [potential], 選択しよう [volitional], せんたくしよう [volitional], sentaku shiyō [volitional], 選択しない [negative], せんたくしない [negative], sentaku shinai [negative], 選択せず [continuative, negative], せんたくせず [continuative, negative], sentaku sezu [continuative, negative], 選択します [formal], せんたくします [formal], sentaku shimasu [formal], 選択した [perfective], せんたくした [perfective], sentaku shita [perfective], 選択して [conjunctive], せんたくして [conjunctive], sentaku shite [conjunctive], 選択すれば [conditional, hypothetical], せんたくすれば [conditional, hypothetical], sentaku sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to select; to choose Synonyms: 選ぶ (erabu) (ruby: (えら))
    Sense id: en-選択-ja-verb-rvjwysvw Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 22 78 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 78 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "選択",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "択",
          "たく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "せんたく"
      },
      "expansion": "選(せん)択(たく) • (sentaku)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "option",
          "roman": "sentakushi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "選",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "択",
              "たく"
            ],
            [
              "肢",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "選択肢"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It’s your choice.",
          "ref": "2002, “Hellfire”, in Hellsing:",
          "roman": "Omae no sentaku da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "択",
              "たく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お前の選択だ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "No one spoke. There was no need. The threat of the Eldrazi presented a simple choice. Lay down your weapons and die for nothing, or hold them fast and die for something.",
          "ref": "2016 April 23, “英(えい)雄(ゆう)の時(とき) [Time of Heroes]”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening], Wizards of the Coast:",
          "roman": "Dare mo ga kotoba o hasshinakatta. Sono hitsuyō ga nakatta kara. Erudorāji no kyōi ni taishite wa, tanjun na sentaku shika nakatta. Buki o oite muryoku ni shisu ka, buki o nigirishimete biryoku ni shisu ka.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "誰",
              "だれ"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "葉",
              "ば"
            ],
            [
              "発",
              "はっ"
            ],
            [
              "必",
              "ひつ"
            ],
            [
              "要",
              "よう"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "脅",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "威",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "対",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "単",
              "たん"
            ],
            [
              "純",
              "じゅん"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "択",
              "たく"
            ],
            [
              "武",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "器",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "置",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "りょく"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "武",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "器",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "握",
              "にぎ"
            ],
            [
              "締",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "微",
              "び"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "りょく"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "誰もが言葉を発しなかった。その必要が無かったから。エルドラージの脅威に対しては、単純な選択しかなかった。武器を置いて無力に死すか、武器を握り締めて微力に死すか。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a selection; a choice; an option"
      ],
      "id": "en-選択-ja-noun-HJal-dos",
      "links": [
        [
          "selection",
          "selection"
        ],
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "option",
          "option"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せんたく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sẽ̞nta̠kɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "選択"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "選択する",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "択",
          "たく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択し",
      "roman": "sentaku shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "択",
          "たく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択した",
      "roman": "sentaku shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "択",
          "たく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to select; to choose"
      ],
      "id": "en-選択-ja-verb-rvjwysvw",
      "links": [
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ],
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "erabu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "選",
              "えら"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "選ぶ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せんたく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sẽ̞nta̠kɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "選択"
}
{
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "option",
      "roman": "sentakushi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "択",
          "たく"
        ],
        [
          "肢",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "選択肢"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "選択",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "択",
          "たく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "せんたく"
      },
      "expansion": "選(せん)択(たく) • (sentaku)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It’s your choice.",
          "ref": "2002, “Hellfire”, in Hellsing:",
          "roman": "Omae no sentaku da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "択",
              "たく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お前の選択だ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "No one spoke. There was no need. The threat of the Eldrazi presented a simple choice. Lay down your weapons and die for nothing, or hold them fast and die for something.",
          "ref": "2016 April 23, “英(えい)雄(ゆう)の時(とき) [Time of Heroes]”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening], Wizards of the Coast:",
          "roman": "Dare mo ga kotoba o hasshinakatta. Sono hitsuyō ga nakatta kara. Erudorāji no kyōi ni taishite wa, tanjun na sentaku shika nakatta. Buki o oite muryoku ni shisu ka, buki o nigirishimete biryoku ni shisu ka.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "誰",
              "だれ"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "葉",
              "ば"
            ],
            [
              "発",
              "はっ"
            ],
            [
              "必",
              "ひつ"
            ],
            [
              "要",
              "よう"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "脅",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "威",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "対",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "単",
              "たん"
            ],
            [
              "純",
              "じゅん"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "択",
              "たく"
            ],
            [
              "武",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "器",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "置",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "む"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "りょく"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "武",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "器",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "握",
              "にぎ"
            ],
            [
              "締",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "微",
              "び"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "りょく"
            ],
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "誰もが言葉を発しなかった。その必要が無かったから。エルドラージの脅威に対しては、単純な選択しかなかった。武器を置いて無力に死すか、武器を握り締めて微力に死すか。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a selection; a choice; an option"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "selection",
          "selection"
        ],
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "option",
          "option"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せんたく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sẽ̞nta̠kɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "選択"
}

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      "form": "選択する",
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          "選",
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          "択",
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      "form": "sentaku suru",
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      "form": "選択し",
      "roman": "sentaku shi",
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          "選",
          "せん"
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          "択",
          "たく"
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    {
      "form": "選択した",
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          "選",
          "せん"
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        [
          "択",
          "たく"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ja-suru",
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      "form": "選択し",
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      "form": "せんたくし",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "選択する",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "せんたくする",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "sentaku suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "選択すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
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    },
    {
      "form": "選択しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくせよ",
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      "form": "せんたくしろ",
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      "form": "sentaku seyo",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
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    },
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      "form": "sentaku shiro",
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      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "選択すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんたくすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentaku sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
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            [
              "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to select; to choose"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ],
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せんたく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sẽ̞nta̠kɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "erabu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "選ぶ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "選択"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 選択 meaning in Japanese (9.8kB)

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  "trace": ""
}

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}

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}

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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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