Illustration: At a school basketball tryout, a coach hands team practice bibs to a small group chosen from a larger line of players. The selected players stand together beside the court, surprised and pleased, while the remaining candidates watch with their basketballs tucked under their arms.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

選せん抜ばつ

senbatsu

to select, to pick out

Example sentences

  1. チアリーダーの選抜せんばつテストを受うけたいのです。

    I hope to try out for cheerleader.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 在来種ざいらいしゅを選抜せんばつしたものだが発祥はっしょうには次つぎの三説さんせつがある。

    It was obtained through selection from local varieties, but there are three different opinions on its origin.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 帝国大学ていこくだいがくなどでは入学志願者にゅうがくしがんしゃ選抜せんばつに際さいし、志願者しがんしゃの学歴がくれきによって優先順位ゆうせんじゅんいを決定けっていした。

    During the applicant selection process at imperial universities priority was decided based on the applicant’s educational history.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 選抜

  • 選elect; selectOnセンKunえらぶ・える・よる
  • 抜slip out; extractOnバツ・ハツ・ハイKunぬく・ぬき・ぬける

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