選せん別べつ

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選別する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	選せん別べつする	選せん別べつしない
Polite	選せん別べつします	選せん別べつしません
Past polite	選せん別べつしました	選せん別べつしませんでした
Past	選せん別べつした	選せん別べつしなかった
Te-form	選せん別べつして	選せん別べつしないで
Desire	選せん別べつしたい	選せん別べつしたくない
Potential	選せん別べつできる	選せん別べつできない
Passive	選せん別べつされる	選せん別べつされない
Causative	選せん別べつさせる	選せん別べつさせない
Causative passive	選せん別べつさせられる	選せん別べつさせられない
Volitional	選せん別べつしよう
Polite volitional	選せん別べつしましょう
Imperative	選せん別べつしろ	選せん別べつするな
Conditional	選せん別べつすれば	選せん別べつしなければ
Tara conditional	選せん別べつしたら	選せん別べつしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

selection; sorting; screening

The act of picking out items according to quality, type, or need; used in contexts from agriculture to medical triage.

収しゅう穫かくした果物くだものを大おおきさで選せん別べつする。
We sort the harvested fruit by size.
災さい害がい時じには負ふ傷しょう者しゃの選せん別べつが重じゅう要ようになる。
In a disaster, triage of the injured becomes crucial.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を選せん別べつするto sort/screen out (items) based on quality or criteria
工こう場じょうで不ふ良りょう品ひんを選せん別べつする。
At the factory, defective products are sorted out.
〈物もの〉を〈物もの〉に選せん別べつするto sort (items) into (categories)
果物くだものを大おおきさによって三さん段だん階かいに選せん別べつする。
The fruit is sorted into three grades by size.
手て作さ業ぎょうで選せん別べつするto sort by hand
この工こう場じょうでは今いまも手て作さ業ぎょうで選せん別べつしている。
At this factory, sorting is still done by hand.

Kanji

選elect, select, choose
別separate, branch off, diverge

Related words

選せん択たくN3
選択 means simply choosing among options, while 選別 stresses sorting or separating items based on quality or criteria.
仕し分わけ
仕分け refers to classifying or categorizing items, often in logistics or accounting, whereas 選別 implies judging quality to pick or discard items.
淘とう汰た
淘汰 carries a stronger sense of eliminating the unfit (as in natural selection), while 選別 is a neutral term for sorting by criteria.
選せん定ていN1
選定 means formally choosing or designating something (e.g. a site or candidate), while 選別 focuses on the process of sorting a group into categories.
取しゅ捨しゃ
選別 focuses on sorting or screening items by a standard, whereas 取捨 focuses on the decision of what to keep versus what to throw away.

Don't confuse with

差さ別べつN3
差別 means discrimination against people based on prejudice, while 選別 is a neutral term for sorting items or things by criteria.
選せん抜ばつ
選別 means to sort or classify items into categories, whereas 選抜 means to pick out the best or most qualified from a group; the words sound alike but differ in purpose.

Etymology

Compound of 選 (select) and 別 (separate). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination transparently conveys the meaning of selecting by separating.