Kanji: 選

    • Meaning : elect,select,choose,prefer
    • ON reading : セン
    • KUN reading : えら.ぶ
    • Nanori :
    • Stroke count : 15,14
    • Frequency of use ranking : 57
    • Jouyou grade level : 4
    • JLPT : 2
    • Radical : 辵 (辶)

Words containing that kanji:


  • ばずに - しゅだんをえらばずに - by any means, fair or foul
  • - せんこう - preference
  • のためにはばない - もくてきのためにはしゅだんをえらばない - to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end
  • がない - えらぶところがない - There is nothing choose between the two
  • く - えらびぬく - to single out
  • り | り - より - selecting/choosing
  • プロ - プロせんしゅ - professional player (sports)/pro
  • - せんしゅひとりひとり - each athlete
  • サッカー - サッカーせんしゅ - soccer player
  • スター - スターせんしゅ - star player/star athlete
  • くじでぶ | ぶ - くじでえらぶ - to choose by lot
  • スポーツ - スポーツせんしゅ - athlete
  • - せんしゅけんほじしゃ - champion/(championship) title holder
  • - かんせつせんきょせい - indirect electoral system
  • | - とうせんけん - winning ticket (in a lottery, etc.)
  • - せんたんき - coal washing system/coal dressing machine/coal washer
  • - ぶんけんのせんたく - selection of documents
  • - ぶんみゃくじょうのせんたくじく - contextually optional token
  • - にんいせんたくこうせいようそ - optional (O) component
  • - はいしんゆうせんどせんたく - grade of delivery selection
  • - ぶんみゃくじょうのせんたくようそ - contextually optional element
  • - ぞくせいちせんたくせつ - attribute-value-assertion
  • - あいてせんたくせつぞくきのう - virtual call facility
  • - でんりゅういっちせんたく - coincident-current selection
  • ファシリティ - にんいせんたくりようしゃファシリティ - optional user facilities
  • - にんいせんたくぞくせい - non-mandatory attribute
  • モード - いろせんたくモード - colour selection mode
  • チャネル - せんたくチャネル - selector channel
  • - せんたくきのう - function preselection capability
  • - せんたくしんごう - selection signal
  • クラス - せんたくクラス - selected class
  • - せんたくかいじょ - deselection
  • - せんたくじょうほうりょう - decision content
  • - せんたくりょういき - selected area
  • - せんたくしょうろく - selective abstract/slanted abstract
  • に - せんたくてきに - selectively
  • - あいてせんたくせつぞく - switched virtual connection/SVC
  • - さんしょうせんたくがた - selection type
  • - じどうせんたく - automatic selection
  • された - せんたくされたちゅうしょうてきしけんこうもくぐん - selected abstract test suite
  • フィールド - せんたくフィールドほご - selective field protection
  • された - せんたくされたじっこうかのうしけんこうもくぐん - selected executable test suite
  • パラメタ - せんたくパラメタ - selected parameter/selective parameter
  • - せんたくがた - choice type
  • - せんたくちにゅうりょくそうち - choice device
  • - あいてさきせんたくせつぞく - Switched Virtual Circuit/SVC
  • フェージング - しゅうはすうせんたくせいフェージング - frequency selective fading
  • - けいろせんたく - routing
  • - こうもくせんたく - item selection
  • - こゆうせんたくじく - inherently optional token
  • - かのうせんたく - available choice
  • - かいせん - re-election
  • ジャンパ - ジャンパせんたくかのう - jumper selectable
  • スイッチ - スイッチせんたくかのう - switch-selectable
  • エントリ - エントリじょうほうせんたく - entry-information-selection
  • - いっぱんせんきょ - general election (of all members of a local government body)
  • - たしせんたく - multiple-choice
  • - ぎかいせんきょ - parliamentary election
  • - つうじょうせんきょ - regular election (triennial election of half of the House of Councillors)
  • - げんせん - careful selection
  • - ごせん - mutual election/co-opting
  • - こうせん - public election
  • - さいせんきょ - re-election
  • - さいせん - re-election
  • - さんせん - third-term election
  • - しちょうせん - mayoral election
  • - じせん - (author) selection
  • - とうせんきすう - electoral quota (e.g. in a proportional representation system)
  • - しゅしゃせんたく - selection/making a choice/sifting/decision to adopt or reject
  • - じゅうりょうせんしゅ - heavyweight player
  • - しょきせんたくこうもく - initial choice
  • - じゅうりょうけんとうせんしゅ - heavy weight boxer
  • - せんげんてきはんだん - disjunctive judgment (judgement)
  • - せんげんてきさんだんろんぽう - disjunctive syllogism
  • - じんせん - personnel selection
  • - せんげんてき - disjunctive
  • - せいせん - careful selection
  • す - えらびだす - to select/to pick out
  • - せんきょ - election
  • - せんきょく - chosen song/choosing a song | to choose a song
  • - せんしゅう - selection/anthology/selected extracts
  • - せんたくこうもく - choice
  • - せんたくちぐん - value set
  • - せんべつ - selection/classification/sorting/screening/triage
  • み | えりみ - よりごのみ | えりごのみ - being particular about/fastidious
  • - せんきょけん - suffrage
  • | - せんこう - selection/screening
  • - せんしゅつ - election
  • - せんたくし - selector/selective
  • - せんてい - selection
  • びとる | る - えらびとる - to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
  • く - よりぬく | えりぬく - to select/to choose
  • - せんきょせん - election campaign
  • - せんしゅけん - championship/title (of champion)
  • - せんたくかもく - elective subject or course
  • - せんたくじょうたい - selection condition(s)
  • - せんばつ - selection/choice/picking out
  • す - よりだす | えりだす - to select/to pick out
  • - せんきょじゅんび - election preparations
  • - せんしゅ - player (in game)/team member
  • - せんたく - selection/choice/option
  • - せんたくし - choices/alternatives/options
  • - せんにん - election
  • - じんいせんたく - artificial selection
  • - そうせんきょ - general election (of the lower house)
  • - そうとうせんきょ - presidential election
  • - かんせんべんごにん - court-appointed attorney
  • - だいとうりょうせんきょ - presidential election
  • - だいとうりょうせん - presidential election
  • - せんじつ - selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar/date selected in such a manner
  • ばれし | ばれし | ばれし - えらばれしもの - the chosen one(s)/the select few
  • - たしせんたくほう - multiple-choice
  • せん | | - ちゅうせん - lottery/raffle/drawing (of lots)
  • - ちゅうかんせんきょ - by-election/interim election
  • | | せん - ちゅうせんけん - lottery ticket
  • - ちょくせんしゅう - emperor-sponsored anthology
  • - ちょくせん - imperial nomination
  • - けんじせんこう - revealed preference
  • - とうせん - being elected | being selected (to win a prize, etc.) | winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
  • - さいようせんこう - employment screening/employment selection (for job applicants)
  • - せんげん - (logical) disjunction
  • - とうせんとうかく - candidates (in an election) who have won or are projected to be elected
  • - にゅうせん - chosen (in a competition)
  • - にしゃせんいつ - alternative
  • - せんたくじゅぎょう - elective class
  • - にしゃせんいつほう - completion test (one out of two choices)
  • - にゅうせんしゃ - winner/winning candidate
  • - しょうせんきょくひれいだいひょうへいりつせい - electoral system comprised of single-seat constituencies and proportionally represented multiple-seat constituencies
  • - しゅしょうこうせんせい - system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote
  • 簿 - せんきょにんめいぼ - voter registration list/electoral register
  • - ひせんきょけん - eligibility for election/suffrage
  • - ひせんきょしかく - electoral eligibility
  • 簿 - えいきゅうせんきょにんめいぼ - permanent voter registration list
  • - ふかのうせんたく - unavailable choice
  • - ちゅうせんきょくせい - (Japanese) electoral system allowing for the election of from 3 to 5 candidates from one district
  • - だいせんきょくせい - electoral system allowing for the election of multiple candidates from one district/multi-member constituent electoral system
  • - ふっかつとうせん - failing to win an electoral seat in a single-member constituency, but winning a seat in a proportionally represented constituency
  • - ふせん - universal suffrage
  • - ふつうせんきょ - universal suffrage
  • - みんせん - popular election
  • 婿び - むこえらび - search for a husband for one's daughter
  • - とうせんかくじつ - projected to win/sure to be elected/home free
  • - よびせんしゅ - reserve player
  • - よせんかい - primary caucus
  • - よせん - nomination/primary/preliminary contest
  • - そうさいせん - presidential election
  • - ほせん - bye-election/by-election
  • り - ひとつぶえり | ひとつぶより - careful selection
  • ける - よりわける | えりわける - to classify/to sort out
  • ぶ | ぶ | ぶ - えらぶ - to choose/to select
  • - ぜんこくこうとうがっこうやきゅうせんしゅけんたいかい - Japan's National High School Baseball Tournament (Koshien)
  • - きさせんにん - staggered terms (applied to corporate directors as a defensive measure against hostile takeovers)
  • る | る - よる | える | すぐる - to choose/to select
  • - ほんせんきょ - original selection
  • - せんじ - election time/election period
  • り - つぶより - the pick/the choice
  • | - けっせんとうひょう - final (decisive) vote/run-off ballot
  • - せんみんいしき - sense of being the chosen people
  • - とうせんけんない - (having a) good chance of being elected (winning) (in an election)
  • - らくせん - election loss/rejection
  • - せんしょう - recommendation
  • - せんしゅせいめい - player's career/one's career in sport/one's career as an athlete
  • - せんじゃ - judge/selector
  • - せんきょく - electoral district/precinct
  • - せんみん - the chosen people
  • り | り - よりどり - picking and choosing
  • - やせん - (baseball) a fielder's choice
  • りすぐる - えりすぐる | よりすぐる - to choose the best
  • - さいゆうしゅうせんしゅ - (the) most valuable player/MVP
  • - えりくず | よりくず - trash
  • | - しんせん - newly compiled, selected or edited
  • - うんどうせんしゅ - athlete
  • - かんせん - government-appointed
  • - こうせんせい - popular election system
  • - しゅうぎせん - state or provincial election
  • - ほけつせんきょ - special election/by-election
  • - ひゃくせん - selection of a hundred pieces (music, etc.)
  • - よびせんきょ - preliminary election/a primary (election)
  • - かんせつせんきょ - indirect election
  • - えらびかた - choice
  • - しゅうぎかいせんきょ - state or provincial election
  • - ぶんせんこう - typesetter/compositor
  • - せんきょにんとうろく - voter registration
  • - せんきょしゅうかい - campaign rally
  • - しゆうせんたく - sexual selection
  • - ひみつせんきょ - secret ballot
  • - しぜんせんたく - natural selection
  • - ぶんせん - typesetting
  • - しちょうちょうちょうせんきょ - mayoral election
  • - しちょうそんちょうせんきょ - mayoral election
  • - せんきょうんどうしきん - campaign fund
  • - しょうせんきょくせい - single-seat constituency system
  • - こくせんべんごにん - court-appointed attorney
  • - じゆうけいやくせんしゅ - free agent
  • ポスター - せんきょポスター - campaign poster
  • セロトニン - せんたくてきセロトニンさいとりこみそがいやく - selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor/SSRI
  • - さんぎいんせんきょ - House of Councillors election
  • - ちほうせんきょ - local election/regional elections
  • - しせん - personal selection
  • - とうせんしゃ - successful candidate
  • - ふせん - women's suffrage
  • - とういつちほうせんきょ - nationwide local elections
  • - ひせんきょにん - person eligible for elective office
  • - きんせん - carefully selected
  • - こうせんしゅ - strong or skillful person/good player
  • クローン - クローンせんたくせつ - clonal selection theory
  • - とくせん - specially selected/choice
  • - ちょくせつせんきょ - direct election
  • - がいじんせんしゅ - foreign athlete
  • - ばんのうせんしゅ - all-around athlete
  • - しょうせんきょく - small electoral district/single-member constituency
  • - けっせん - final election/run-off
  • - せん - selection/choice/election | compilation/editing
  • - せんしゅむら - athlete's village (during Olympics)
  • - せんりょう - member of parliament
  • - せんきょく - tuning (a radio)
  • - せんか - elective course or subject
  • - せんきょせいど - electoral system
  • - せんきょかんりいいんかい - Committee for Election Administration
  • - せんぴょう - selection and commentary (on literary texts or poems)
  • | - くりあげとうせん - win an election due to another's death or disqualification
  • オープン - オープンせんしゅけん - open competition
  • - せんみんしそう - elitism
  • - せんばつしけん - selection test
  • - せんか - sorting fruit
  • - せんかせい - special student
  • - せんきょほう - election laws
  • - せんしょ - anthology/selection of books
  • - せんこう - ore sorting/ore dressing
  • - とくせんひん - choice goods
  • - しせん - selected poems
  • - せんがい - unselected
  • えりき | き - えりぬき - the very best/elite
  • り - よりどりみどり - having one's choice
  • - せんきょにん - qualified voter
  • - せんきょうんどう - participation in election campaign
  • - せんきゅう - waiting for a good hit at a pitch (baseball)
  • - せんか - selection of poems/selected poems
  • - せかいせんしゅけん - world (an international) championship (title)
  • - せんこういいんかい - selection (screening, nomination) committee
  • - ほんせん - final selection
  • - せんしゅだん - team/squad
  • - せんがいかさく - honorable mention/honourable mention
  • - せんたくけん - choice/option
  • - せんたん - sorting of coal
  • - せんきょび - election day
  • - せんきょいはん - electoral irregularities
  • - せんきゅうがん - batting eye (ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike) (baseball)
  • - せんかん - election administration
  • - せんこうきじゅん - criterion (criteria) for selection
  • - やきゅうせんしゅ - baseball player/ballplayer
  • - よせんつうかしゃ - qualifier
  • - らくせんしゃ - unsuccessful candidate
  • - けいりんせんしゅ - professional cyclist
  • - しちょうせんきょ - mayoral election
  • - せんきょみん - voters/electorate
  • - せんしゅけんたいかい - championship series
  • - せんきょこうほう - official gazette for elections
  • - せんしゅけんじあい - title match/championship bout
  • - こうしょくせんきょほう - Public Office Election Law
  • ばれる - えらばれる - to be elected
  • - さんいんせん - House of Councillors election
  • くのからぶ - おおくのなかからえらぶ - to choose among many things
  • ぶ - じょうずにえらぶ - to make a good choice
  • えて - せんきょをひかえて - with the election around the corner
  • る - せんにはいる - to be selected/to be chosen
  • - たしせんたくしき - multiple-choice
  • る - せんきょにでる - to run for election
  • - とぎせん - Tokyo Assembly elections
  • - せんたいほんぶ - election headquarters
  • - ひかえせんしゅ - substitute player/reserve
  • ぶ - よいひをえらぶ - to choose a lucky (auspicious) day
  • - めいさくせん - selection of masterpieces