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17 word matches found for '撰' using reading 'せん'
noun, noun (suffix)
anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection  (see also: ; sometimes confused with 選)
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Most common form: 特選
specially selection; special approval; special prize; high honour
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Most common form: 選集
noun
selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts
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Most common form: 百選
noun (suffix), noun
top hundred; hundred best
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Most common form: 新選
newly compiled, selected or edited
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inscription; epitaph; composing the text for an inscription, usu. an epitaph
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Most common form: 私選
1. personal selection (esp. of a defense lawyer)  (see also: 国選; esp. 私選)
2. private selection (e.g. of poetry)  (see also: 勅撰; esp. 私撰)
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noun
editing; compiling
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Most common form: 新選組
noun
Shinsengumi; shogunate police and military force located in Kyoto and dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities (Edo period)
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compiling; editing; writing
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government compilation
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compiling; editing; writing
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compiling; editing; writing
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noun
author; compiler; editor
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noun
compilation for the emperor; emperor's literary production  (see also: 私撰)
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noun
imperial-commissioned poem anthology
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noun
poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry
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