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選ぶ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
選ぶ
BOOST
Reading : えらぶ   
'bu' godan verb, transitive verb
to choose; to select
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 197,700 which gives a rank of 60
選ぶ is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 238,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 416 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 874
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 2 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
ともだち
友達
えら
とき
れいせい
冷静

You should choose your friends very carefully.
よい
とも
えら
こと
たいせつ
大切

It is important for us to choose good friends.
もんだい
問題
どっち
えら

The question is which to choose.
えらぶ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 81,000 (about 3,300,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 2 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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撰ぶ
BOOST
Reading : えらぶ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 187,000 (about 362,000 results)
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択ぶ
BOOST
Reading : えらぶ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 247,000 (about 17,300 results)
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セン   えら choose   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
move
セン   ゼン   サン   えら to choose   
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hand
たつみ southeast   
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タク    selection   
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シャク    unit of length (about a foot)   
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