自じ選せん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

self-selection; selecting from one's own works; one's own selection

Often used for an author or artist choosing pieces from their own body of work, as in a 自選集 (self-selected collection). Can also refer to choosing something for oneself more generally.

• 詩し人じんが自じ選せんした作さく品ひんを集あつめた本ほんが出しゅっ版ぱんされた。

  A book collecting works the poet selected from his own writings was published.

• 自じ選せんの一いっ曲きょくを披ひ露ろうしてください。

  Please perform one piece of your own choosing.

noun

voting for oneself

Only when written 自選

Used in elections or selections where a person casts a vote for themselves. Often seen in contexts like 自選を避ける (avoid voting for oneself).

• 彼かれは選せん挙きょで自じ選せんしたことを認みとめた。

  He admitted that he voted for himself in the election.