JLPT N4 · Verb

選ぶ (erabu)

選ぶ (えらぶ, erabu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to choose; to select”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: えらぶ
Romaji: erabu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to choose; to select; to pick (out) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

どうやって新鮮な魚をえらぶのですか。

How can I pick out fresh fish?

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 選ぶ

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	選ぶ	えらぶ erabu
Polite (~masu)	選びます	えらびます erabimasu
Negative	選ばない	えらばない erabanai
Polite negative	選びません	えらびません erabimasen
Past	選んだ	えらんだ eranda
Polite past	選びました	えらびました erabimashita
Negative past	選ばなかった	えらばなかった erabanakatta
Te-form	選んで	えらんで erande
Potential	選べる	えらべる eraberu
Passive	選ばれる	えらばれる erabareru
Causative	選ばせる	えらばせる erabaseru
Volitional	選ぼう	えらぼう erabou
Imperative	選べ	えらべ erabe
Conditional (~ba)	選べば	えらべば erabeba

Kanji in 選ぶ

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elect, select, chooseセン・えら.ぶ・え.る · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 選ぶ.

選手せんしゅplayer (of a sport)選択せんたくchoice選挙せんきょelection選考せんこうselection当選とうせんbeing elected抽選ちゅうせんlottery

Source: JMdict entry 1588730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.