人じん選せん

also: にんせん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

人選する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

personnel selection; choosing the right person

Used when selecting a suitable person for a role, position, or task. Often appears in business, political, or organizational contexts.

〈事こと〉の人じん選せんをするto select the right person for a task or position
新あたらしい部ぶ長ちょうの人じん選せんをする。
They are choosing the right person for the new department head position.
人じん選せんに迷まようto be unable to decide who to choose
後こう任にんの人じん選せんに迷まよっている。
They are having trouble deciding who should be the successor.
人じん選せんが難なん航こうするfor the selection process to run into difficulties
後こう継けい者しゃの人じん選せんが難なん航こうしている。
The selection of a successor is running into difficulties.
〈人ひと〉を人じん選せんするto select someone (for a role)
委い員いん長ちょうを人じん選せんした。
They chose someone to be the committee chairperson.

選せん考こうN1
選考 refers to the screening or evaluation process itself, while 人選 emphasizes the final act of picking the right individual for a role.
選せん抜ばつ
選抜 means picking out the best from a group (often competitively, e.g. for a team), while 人選 is about choosing a suitable person for a specific position.
選せん任にん
選任 is the formal act of appointing someone to an official post, while 人選 refers more broadly to the process of deciding who is suitable.
採さい用ようN2
採用 means hiring or adopting (a person, idea, or plan) broadly, while 人選 is specifically about choosing an individual for a particular role.

Compound of 人 (person) and 選 (selection). The reading じんせん is the standard Sino-Japanese reading; にんせん is an older variant now considered obsolete.