noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
the pick; the choice; carefully selected
Refers to something or someone chosen as the best among many, often with a nuance of careful, individual selection. Commonly used in phrases like 粒選りの (choice, select) or 粒選りする (to hand-pick).
The fruit at this shop is the pick of the crop.
粒選りの選手が集まった。
The cream of the crop of athletes gathered.
Standard kanji spelling. Literally 'grain selection', conveying careful hand-picking.
Variant spelling using より instead of 選り; also common.
Compound of 粒 (tsubu, 'grain') and 選り (yori, 'selecting', from 選る). The image is of picking out the best grains one by one, hence 'the pick' or 'the choice'.