取しゅ捨しゃ分ふん別べつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

selecting what is good and discarding the rest; making a choice among many; decision to adopt or reject

Used when sorting through many items, ideas, or options to keep the useful or desirable ones and discard the rest. Often implies a careful, discerning process.

• 大たい量りょうの情じょう報ほうから取しゅ捨しゃ分ふん別べつして、必ひつ要ようなデータだけを集あつめる。

  I sift through a large amount of information and collect only the necessary data.

• 応おう募ぼ書しょ類るいの取しゅ捨しゃ分ふん別べつに時じ間かんがかかった。

  It took time to sort through the application documents and decide which to keep.