選せん抜ばつ

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選抜する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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

Meanings

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

selection; picking out

Refers to the act of selecting people or things from a larger group, often for a specific purpose or team. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

代だい表ひょう選せん手しゅを選せん抜ばつする。
Select the representative athletes.
選せん抜ばつ試し験けんに合ごう格かくした。
I passed the selection exam.

noun

Spring Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 選抜高等学校野球大会. Often written in katakana as センバツ. Used as a proper noun for the annual spring tournament.

See also: 選抜高等学校野球大会

今年ことしのセンバツはどの高こう校こうが優ゆう勝しょうするだろう。
Which high school will win this year's Spring Koshien?
選せん抜ばつ出しゅつ場じょうを決きめた。
They secured a spot in the Spring Koshien.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を選せん抜ばつするto select someone (for a team, position, etc.)
コーチは十じゅう人にんの選せん手しゅを選せん抜ばつした。
The coach selected ten players.
〈人ひと〉が〈事こと〉に選せん抜ばつされるfor someone to be chosen for something
彼かれは代だい表ひょうチームに選せん抜ばつされた。
He was selected for the national team.
〈場ば所しょ〉から選せん抜ばつするto select from a wider pool or region
全ぜん国こくから選せん抜ばつされたチームが甲こう子し園えんに出しゅつ場じょうする。
Teams selected from all over the country compete at Koshien.

Kanji

選elect, select, choose
抜slip out, extract, pull out

Related words· 13

選せん択たくN3sense 1
選択 is a general term for choosing among options, while 選抜 emphasizes picking out the best or most suitable people from a larger group.
選せん出しゅつN1sense 1
選出 refers to formally choosing or electing someone (often by vote), while 選抜 emphasizes picking the most qualified from a pool for a specific purpose like a team.
選せん考こうN1sense 1
選考 refers to the screening or evaluation process used to pick candidates (e.g. for a job), while 選抜 emphasizes the result of selecting the best from a group.
精せい選せん sense 1
精選 stresses careful, meticulous selection of the finest items, while 選抜 focuses on picking suitable people from a larger pool for a purpose.

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甲こう子し園えん
センバツ is the common short name for the spring invitational tournament, while 甲子園 in that sense (春の甲子園) refers to the same event but ties it to the stadium/venue.
エリートN1
選抜 refers to the act or group resulting from a selection process (often in sports or exams), while エリート emphasizes inherent superior status or quality.
セレクション
選抜 implies choosing the best through screening or competition, especially of people or teams, whereas セレクション is broader and often used for products or curated collections.
人じん選せん
選抜 means picking out the best from a group (often competitively, e.g. for a team), while 人選 is about choosing a suitable person for a specific position.
厳げん選せん
選抜 means picking the best candidates from a group, often for a team or competition, while 厳選 stresses the rigor and high standards of the selection itself.
抜ばっ擢てき
選抜 means picking the best candidates from a group, often for a team, whereas 抜擢 stresses singling out one person for an important post despite lack of seniority.
特とく選せん
選抜 is used for selecting people or teams through trials, while 特選 is used for objects or works chosen for their special quality.
選よりすぐり
選抜 is a more neutral, formal term for selection (as in sports or exams), while 選りすぐり carries a stronger sense of picking only the very best.
選せん定ていN1
選抜 means picking out the best from a group (e.g. team members), while 選定 stresses careful, deliberate choice without necessarily ranking candidates.

Opposites

除じょ外がいN1sense 1
除外 means to exclude or leave out, the direct opposite of 選抜's meaning of selecting or picking out.

Don't confuse with

選せん別べつ sense 1
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.

Counted with

回かいN4sense 2
counter for occurrences; times · time; instance; occasion · inning (baseball); round; game · episode; chapter; installment · Hui (people) · Islam

Word family

選せん抜ばつ試し験けん
selection test; screening exam
選せん抜ばつチーム
selected team; all-star team; picked team

Written forms

選せん抜ばつUsage95%
Standard kanji form for both the general selection sense and the baseball tournament abbreviation.
センバツUsage5%
search-only kana form
Katakana spelling is common for the Spring Koshien tournament.

Etymology

Compound of 選 (select) and 抜 (extract). The baseball sense is an abbreviation of 選抜高等学校野球大会.