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選りすぐる (よりすぐる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

選よりすぐる

also: えりすぐる

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Meanings

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godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

handpick; select carefully; choose the best

Used when carefully selecting only the best items or people from a larger group. Often appears in the form 選りすぐりの〜 meaning 'carefully selected 〜'.

シェフが市いち場ばで選よりすぐった食しょく材ざいだけを使つかっている。
The chef uses only ingredients handpicked at the market.
これは選よりすぐりの品しなです。
This is a carefully selected item.

Written forms

選りすぐるUsage64%
- よりすぐる
  Standard kanji spelling; the 選り part is often written in kana as よりすぐる in practice.
- えりすぐる
  Alternate reading えりすぐる; less common than よりすぐる.
よりすぐるUsage20%
Common kana spelling, especially when the kanji 選り is considered less familiar.
えりすぐるUsage16%

Kanji

選elect, select, choose

Similar words

選えらぶ
選ぶ is the general verb for 'choose'; 選りすぐる emphasizes a stricter, more selective process of picking only the best.
厳げん選せんする
厳選する is a more formal, often written term for 'rigorous selection'; 選りすぐる is slightly more colloquial and vivid.

Etymology

Compound of 選り (from 選る, 'to select') and すぐる ('to choose the best'). The reading よりすぐる is more common than えりすぐる.