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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

予よ選せん

yosen

qualifying round, preliminary

Example sentences

  1. 日本代表にっぽんだいひょうは惜おしくも予選よせん敗退はいたいとなりました。

    Regretfully, the Japanese representative was eliminated at the preliminary stage.

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  2. つづく200m予選よせんは英米独えいべいどく3選手せんしゅに敗やぶれ最下位さいかい。

    In the following 200-meter preliminary race, Mishima ended up in the lowest rank defeated by the sprinters from England, America and Germany.

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

  3. 審査しんさは、デモテープによる1次審査じしんさで20組くみに絞しぼり、その20組くみによる二次にじ予選よせんを公開こうかいライヴ形式けいしきにて行おこない、本選ほんせんに出場しゅつじょうする10組くみを選出せんしゅつする。

    In the first round of judging, 20 participants are chosen based on the provided demo tapes, and in the second round, 10 participants are chosen for the final on the basis of a live public performance.

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

Kanji in 予選

  • 予beforehand; previousOnヨ・シャKunあらかじめ
  • 選elect; selectOnセンKunえらぶ・える・よる

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