選択

See also: 选择 and 選擇

Japanese

Kanji in this term
選 択
せん
Grade: 4
たく
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
選擇 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) せんたく [sèńtákú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞nta̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

選(せん)択(たく) • (sentaku) 

  1. a selection; a choice; an option
    • 2002, “Hellfire”, in Hellsing:
      お前(まえ)の選(せん)択(たく)だ。
      Omae no sentaku da.
      It’s your choice.
    • 2016 April 23, “英(えい)雄(ゆう)の時(とき)”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening], Wizards of the Coast:
      誰(だれ)もが言(こと)葉(ば)を発(はっ)しなかった。その必(ひつ)要(よう)が無(な)かったから。エルドラージの脅(きょう)威(い)に対(たい)しては、単(たん)純(じゅん)な選(せん)択(たく)しかなかった。武(ぶ)器(き)を置(お)いて無(む)力(りょく)に死(し)すか、武(ぶ)器(き)を握(にぎ)り締(し)めて微(び)力(りょく)に死(し)すか。
      Dare mo ga kotoba o hasshinakatta. Sono hitsuyō ga nakatta kara. Erudorāji no kyōi ni taishite wa, tanjun na sentaku shika nakatta. Buki o oite muryoku ni shisu ka, buki o nigirishimete biryoku ni shisu ka.
      No one spoke. There was no need. The threat of the Eldrazi presented a simple choice. Lay down your weapons and die for nothing, or hold them fast and die for something.

Derived terms

Verb

選(せん)択(たく)する • (sentaku suru) suru (stem 選(せん)択(たく)し (sentaku shi), past 選(せん)択(たく)した (sentaku shita))

  1. to select; to choose
    • 2007 February 1, Mohiro Kitoh, “第31話「切(きり)江(え)洋(よう)介(すけ)」③”, in ぼくらの [Our], volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 55:
      イルカの死(し)を悲(かな)しんでも、家(か)畜(ちく)の豚(ぶた)の死(し)にいちいち涙(なみだ)を流(なが)す人(ひと)はいない。それはそこに順(じゅん)番(ばん)をつけているからよね。だから知(ち)人(じん)の死(し)と他(た)人(じん)の死(し)、どちらかを選(せん)択(たく)しなくてはいけなくなったら、私(わたし)は迷(まよ)わず他(た)人(じん)の死(し)を選(えら)ぶ。
      Iruka no shi o kanashinde mo, kachiku no buta no shi ni ichiichi namida o nagasu hito wa inai. Sore wa soko ni junban o tsuketeiru kara yo ne. Dakara chijin no shi to tajin no shi, dochira ka o sentakushinakute wa ikenaku nattara, watashi wa mayowazu tajin no shi o erabu.
      People may feel sad when a dolphin dies, but no one sheds tears over a livestock pig. It’s because those things aren’t equally important to them. That’s why, if I have to choose who to die between a friend and a stranger, I will always choose the stranger.

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