[にゅうせん, nyuusen] (n, vs) chosen (in a competition); (P) #10657
[せんきょく, senkyoku] (n) (1) chosen song; choosing a song; (vs) (2) to choose a song #12655
[ぎょだい, gyodai] (n) theme chosen for an imperial poetry contest
[こうほち, kouhochi] (n) proposed site; site chosen
[しょせん(P);ちょせん, shosen (P); chosen] (n) beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition; (P)
[せんにはいる, sennihairu] (exp, v5r) to be selected; to be chosen
[えらばれしもの, erabareshimono] (n) the chosen one; the chosen ones; the select few
[せんみん, senmin] (n) the chosen people
[せんみんいしき, senmin'ishiki] (n) sense of being the chosen people
[せんみんしそう, senminshisou] (n) (See 選民) elitism; idea of being part of a chosen people
[だいひょうとりしまりやく, daihyoutorishimariyaku] (n) representative director (i.e. someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world)
[どうごう, dougou] (n) (obsc) monk's self-chosen pseudonym
[きによってうおをもとむ, kiniyotteuowomotomu] (exp) (id) (variant of 木に縁りて...) (See 木に縁りて魚を求む・きによりてうおをもとむ) to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)
[きによりてうおをもとむ, kiniyoriteuowomotomu] (exp) (id) to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)