選ぶ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
選
えら Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) えらぶ [èráꜜbù] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA^(key): [e̞ɾa̠bɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

選ぶ (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana えらぶ, rōmaji erabu)

to select; to choose
- 2005: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  選ばれし者だったのに！
  You were the chosen one!
- 2007 February 1, Kitoh, Mohiro, “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:
  
  イルカの死 (し)を悲 (かな)しんでも、家 (か)畜 (ちく)の豚 (ぶた)の死 (し)にいちいち涙 (なみだ)を流 (なが)す人 (ひと)はいない。それはそこに順 (じゅん)番 (ばん)をつけているからよね。だから知 (ち)人 (じん)の死 (し)と他 (た)人 (じん)の死 (し)、どちらかを選 (せん)択 (たく)しなくてはいけなくなったら、私 (わたし)は迷 (まよ)わず他 (た)人 (じん)の死 (し)を選 (えら)ぶ。
  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.
  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.
- 2009 July 23, Adachi, Mitsuru; 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:
  
  俺 (おれ)や吾 (ご)郎 (ろう)を選 (えら)ばなくて正 (せい)解 (かい)なったぜ、亜 (あ)美 (み)。なァ浩 (ひろし)。
  Ore ya Gorō o erabanakute seikai natta ze, Ami. Nā Hiroshi.
  Good thing you didn’t choose me or Gorō, Ami. Right, Hiroshi?
to elect
to screen

Conjugation

Conjugation of "選ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	選ば	えらば	eraba
Continuative (連用形)	選び	えらび	erabi
Terminal (終止形)	選ぶ	えらぶ	erabu
Attributive (連体形)	選ぶ	えらぶ	erabu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	選べ	えらべ	erabe
Imperative (命令形)	選べ	えらべ	erabe
Key constructions
Passive	選ばれる	えらばれる	erabareru
Causative	選ばせる選ばす	えらばせるえらばす	erabaseru erabasu
Potential	選べる	えらべる	eraberu
Volitional	選ぼう	えらぼう	erabō
Negative	選ばない	えらばない	erabanai
Negative continuative	選ばず	えらばず	erabazu
Formal	選びます	えらびます	erabimasu
Perfective	選んだ	えらんだ	eranda
Conjunctive	選んで	えらんで	erande
Hypothetical conditional	選べば	えらべば	erabeba

Synonyms

(to select/choose) 選択 (せんたく)する (sentaku suru)
(to select/choose) 選 (せん)定 (てい)する (sentei suru)
(to select (literal)) 選出 (せんしゅつ)する (senshutsu suru)
(to choose (colloquial)) 選 (えら)び出 (だ)す (erabidasu)
(to screen (literal)) 選抜 (せんばつ)する (senbatsu suru)
(to screen (colloquial)) 選 (えら)び抜 (ぬ)く (erabinuku)
(to elect) 選 (せん)挙 (きょ)する (senkyo suru)

Related terms

選別 (せんべつ) (senbetsu)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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