選択

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See also: 选择 and 選擇

Japanese

Kanji in this term
選 択
せん
Grade: 4 		たく
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
選擇 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

選(せん)択(たく) • (sentaku) 

  1. a selection; a choice; an option
    • 2002, “Hellfire”, in Hellsing:
      お前(まえ)の選(せん)択(たく)だ。
      Omae no sentaku da.
      It’s your choice.
    • 2016 April 23, “英(えい)雄(ゆう)の時(とき)”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening], Wizards of the Coast:
      誰(だれ)もが言(こと)葉(ば)を発(はっ)しなかった。その必(ひつ)要(よう)が無(な)かったから。エルドラージの脅(きょう)威(い)に対(たい)しては、単(たん)純(じゅん)な選(せん)択(たく)しかなかった。武(ぶ)器(き)を置(お)いて無(む)力(りょく)に死(し)すか、武(ぶ)器(き)を握(にぎ)り締(し)めて微(び)力(りょく)に死(し)すか。
      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.
      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.

Derived terms

Verb

選(せん)択(たく)する • (sentaku suru) suru (stem 選(せん)択(たく)し (sentaku shi), past 選(せん)択(たく)した (sentaku shita))

  1. to select; to choose
    • 2007 February 1, Mohiro Kitoh, “第31話「切(きり)江(え)洋(よう)介(すけ)」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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "選択する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 選択し せんたくし sentaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 選択し せんたくし sentaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 選択する せんたくする sentaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 選択する せんたくする sentaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 選択すれ せんたくすれ sentaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 選択せよ¹
選択しろ² 		せんたくせよ¹
せんたくしろ² 		sentaku seyo¹
sentaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 選択される せんたくされる sentaku sareru
Causative 選択させる
選択さす 		せんたくさせる
せんたくさす 		sentaku saseru
sentaku sasu
Potential 選択できる せんたくできる sentaku dekiru
Volitional 選択しよう せんたくしよう sentaku shiyō
Negative 選択しない せんたくしない sentaku shinai
Negative continuative 選択せず せんたくせず sentaku sezu
Formal 選択します せんたくします sentaku shimasu
Perfective 選択した せんたくした sentaku shita
Conjunctive 選択して せんたくして sentaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 選択すれば せんたくすれば sentaku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

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