sieve, sift, screen

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るい篩いNounUsually kanaFreq #56578
1

sieve; sifter; screen

2

screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)

ふるいにかける篩に掛けるふるいに掛ける篩にかける篩いにかけるExpressionUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #57799
1

to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to separate (wheat from chaff)

2

to screen (candidates)

Examples
私の最初の務めは資格のない志願者をふるいにかけることだった。
My first task was to screen out unqualified applicants.
ふるい落とす篩い落とすふるい落す篩い落するいおとGodan verbFreq #66544
1

to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)

Examples
その体の弱い少年はその厳しい競技でふるい落とされた
The weak boy was eliminated from the bitter contest.
ふるい分ける篩い分けるるいわけTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #132308
1

to sift; to screen

篩うるうGodan verbFreq #135504
1

to sieve (flour)

2

to eliminate (possibilities)

篩骨こつNounFreq #221306
1

Anatomy

ethmoid bone (of the skull)

篩管師管しかんふるいかん (篩管)NounFreq #258719
1

sieve tube

エラトステネスの篩エラトステネスのふるいNounFreq #274742
1

Eratosthenes' sieve

師部篩部ふるいぶ (篩部)NounFreq #279586
1

Botany

phloem

灰篩いふるいNounFreq #283795
1

ash strainer

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