選せん

noun, noun, used as a suffix

selection; choice; picking

Refers to selecting or being selected, especially in formal compounds or fixed phrases such as 選に漏れる and 百選. For ordinary everyday 'choosing,' 選択 or 選ぶ is usually more transparent.

• 彼かれの作さく品ひんは残ざん念ねんながら選せんに漏もれた。

  Unfortunately, his work was not selected.

• この湧わき水みずは名めい水すい百ひゃく選せんに入はいっている。

  This spring is included among the hundred selected famous waters.

noun, noun, used as a suffix

election; electoral contest

Used especially as a suffix in political and news-style compounds such as 市長選, 知事選, and 衆院選. The full independent word for an election is 選挙.

• 市し長ちょう選せんは来らい月げつ行おこなわれる。

  The mayoral election will be held next month.

• 衆しゅう院いん選せんの結けっ果かが夜よる遅おそく発はっ表ぴょうされた。

  The results of the House of Representatives election were announced late at night.