選ぶ

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「選ぶ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		選ぶ えらぶ
Imperative (命令形) 選べ えらべ
Key constructions
Passive 選ばれる えらばれる
Causative 選ばせる えらばせる
Potential 選べる えらべる
Volitional 選ぼう えらぼー
Negative 選ばない えらばない
Negative perfective 選ばなかった えらばなかった
Formal 選びます えらびます
Perfective 選んだ えらんだ
Conjunctive 選んで えらんで
Hypothetical conditional 選べば えらべば

Verb

選(えら)ぶ • (erabu) transitive godan (stem 選(えら)び (erabi), past 選(えら)んだ (eranda))

  1. to select; to choose
    仕事(しごと)を選(えら)ばない人(ひと)
    shigoto o erabanai hito
    one who is not picky in regards to what jobs they will take on
    • 2005: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
      選(えら)ばれし者(もの)だったのに！
      Erabareshi mono datta noni!
      You were the chosen one!
    • 2007 February 1, Mohiro Kitoh, “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, Mitsuru Adachi with 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?
  2. to elect
  3. to screen

Conjugation

Conjugation of "選ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 選ば えらば eraba
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 選び えらび erabi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 選ぶ えらぶ erabu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 選ぶ えらぶ erabu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 選べ えらべ erabe
Meireikei ("imperative") 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

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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