to choose; to select; to pick (out)

Word usually written using kana alone; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

careless; sloppy; faulty

using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

Historical term

Shinsengumi; Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities

Sometimes confused with 選

anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection

to choose; to select; to pick out

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

special selection; special approval

special prize; highest honours

top hundred; hundred best

selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts

Noun or verb acting prenominally; Usu. in book titles

newly compiled; newly edited

新選 only; Obsolete term; Noun or verb acting prenominally

newly elected; newly returned

Historical term

imperially commissioned poetry anthology