選考

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
選 考
せん
Grade: 4 		こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
銓衡 (dated)

Etymology

From Chinese 銓衡／铨衡. 選考 is a daiyōji replacing 銓衡.

Pronunciation

Noun

選(せん)考(こう) • (senkō) 

  1. screening of candidates

Verb

選(せん)考(こう)する • (senkō suru) suru (stem 選(せん)考(こう)し (senkō shi), past 選(せん)考(こう)した (senkō shita))

  1. select the most suitable candidate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "選考する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 選考し せんこうし senkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 選考し せんこうし senkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 選考する せんこうする senkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 選考する せんこうする senkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 選考すれ せんこうすれ senkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 選考せよ¹
選考しろ² 		せんこうせよ¹
せんこうしろ² 		senkō seyo¹
senkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 選考される せんこうされる senkō sareru
Causative 選考させる
選考さす 		せんこうさせる
せんこうさす 		senkō saseru
senkō sasu
Potential 選考できる せんこうできる senkō dekiru
Volitional 選考しよう せんこうしよう senkō shiyō
Negative 選考しない せんこうしない senkō shinai
Negative continuative 選考せず せんこうせず senkō sezu
Formal 選考します せんこうします senkō shimasu
Perfective 選考した せんこうした senkō shita
Conjunctive 選考して せんこうして senkō shite
Hypothetical conditional 選考すれば せんこうすれば senkō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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