選び出す|えらびだすerabidasu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto select; to pick out
    彼かれは重要じゅうようなイデオムを選び出えらびだしました。↗
    He picked out some important idioms.
Conjugation
Dictionary form選び出す(えらびだす)
Polite (masu)選び出します(えらびだします)
Negative (nai)選び出さない(えらびださない)
polite (masen)選び出しません(えらびだしません)
classical zu / nu選び出さず・選び出さぬ(えらびださず・えらびださぬ)
Past (ta)選び出した(えらびだした)
polite (mashita)選び出しました(えらびだしました)
Past negative (nakatta)選び出さなかった(えらびださなかった)
polite (masen deshita)選び出しませんでした(えらびだしませんでした)
Te form選び出して(えらびだして)
Potential選び出せる(えらびだせる)
Passive選び出される(えらびだされる)
Causative選び出させる(えらびださせる)
Causative passive選び出させられる(えらびださせられる)
Conditional (ba)選び出せば(えらびだせば)
tara選び出したら(えらびだしたら)
Volitional選び出そう(えらびだそう)
polite (mashou)選び出しましょう(えらびだしましょう)
Imperative選び出せ(えらびだせ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym選ぶえらぶNeutralThe most common everyday word for choosing; fine for one item or several, but without the nuance of picking out the best from a large pool.
  • Synonym選るよるWrittenWritten style and rare in speech; focuses on picking out what suits the purpose. Mostly seen in forms like 「より好み」 and 「選りすぐる」.
  • SynonymセレクトCasualColloquial loanword for careful selection; common with shops and goods, as in 「セレクトショップ」.
  • Synonym選び取るえらびとるNeutralStresses actively picking something out and taking it up; also used for abstract choices like 「生き方を選び取る」.
  • Synonym選り出すよりだすWrittenWritten style, rare in speech; picking out just the ones you need from among many.
  • Synonym選り抜くえりぬくWrittenWritten style and rare; picking out the especially good ones, as in 「選り抜きの選手」.
  • SynonymチョイスCasualColloquial loanword for a choice, as in 「いいチョイス」; 「選び出す」 puts more weight on picking out from a large pool.
  • Related選り分けるよりわけるWrittenWritten style; sorting items by quality, as in 「良品を選り分ける」 — the point is separating, not choosing.
  • Related選考せんこうFormalFormal; selecting people or works after careful review, as in 「書類選考」.
  • Related選択せんたくNeutralEveryday word for choosing from among the available options, as in 「選択肢」.
  • Related選抜せんばつFormalFormal; selecting the outstanding few from a large group, as in 「選抜チーム」.
  • Related分けるわけるNeutralDividing, sorting or sharing things out; no sense of choosing the better ones.
  • Related選定せんていFormalFormal; choosing something and fixing the decision in place.
  • Related選別せんべつWrittenWritten style; sorting good from bad by set standards, as in 「選別作業」.
  • Related分別ぶんべつWrittenWritten style; separating things by type, as in 「ゴミの分別」.
  • Related淘汰とうたWrittenWritten style; weeding out the poor and keeping the good, as in 「自然淘汰」.
  • Related精選せいせんWrittenWritten style; carefully selecting only the very best, as in 「精選された素材」.
  • RelatedふるいにかけるWrittenWritten phrase; sifting through candidates to weed out the unqualified ones.
  • Relatedふるい落とすふるいおとすNeutralSifting out and eliminating the unqualified — the opposite direction from picking out the good.
  • RelatedスクリーニングWrittenWritten loanword for screening; mostly medical check-ups or preliminary selection.
  • RelatedソートCasualColloquial loanword for sorting; reordering data by a set criterion rather than picking items out.
  • Relatedふるい分けるふるいわけるNeutralSifting things apart as if through a sieve; the action is classifying rather than choosing.
  • Related選りすぐるよりすぐるWrittenWritten style; handpicking the very finest, as in 「選りすぐりの品」.
  • Antonym捨てるすてるNeutralAntonym: throwing away what you do not want, the reverse of picking out what to keep.
  • Antonym除外するWrittenWritten antonym: excluding certain items, the opposite of singling them out.

Use 「選び出す」 to pick out suitable or outstanding ones from a larger pool, as in 「候補者を選び出す」. For everyday choosing, 「選ぶ」 is the default; 「選択」 covers choosing among options. For formal selection of the best, use 「選抜」 or 「選考」; for careful handpicking, 「選りすぐる」 or 「精選」. 「セレクト」 and 「チョイス」 are colloquial loanwords. Words like 「選り分ける」「選別」「ふるい分ける」 centre on sorting rather than choosing, while 「ふるい落とす」「淘汰」「除外する」 work the other way, eliminating. 「捨てる」 is the plain antonym.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 複数ふくすうのものの中なかから優すぐれたものや目的もくてきにあったものを抜き出ぬきだす。選出せんしゅつする。
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