[とうせん, tousen] (n, vs) (1) being elected; (2) being selected (to win a prize, etc.); (3) (See 当籤) winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.); (P) #1834
[しんせん, shinsen] (n, vs) newly compiled, selected or edited #14998
[せんしゅう;せんじゅう, senshuu ; senjuu] (n) selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts #15272
[はちさんかい, hachisankai] (n) (See 小泉チルドレン) collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election
[おまかせ, omakase] (n, vs) (See 任せる・1, 任せる・2) leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef)
[おんがな, ongana] (n) (obsc) (prior to the advent of kana) kanji used to represent readings of words, selected for their on-yomi, regardless of meaning
[かくだいれんざせい, kakudairenzasei] (n) (See 連座制) expanded system of guilt by association in Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime
[きんせん, kinsen] (n) carefully selected
[くんがな, kungana] (n) (obsc) (prior to the advent of kana) kanji used to represent readings of words, selected for their kun-yomi, regardless of meaning
[こうそくめいぼしきひれいだいひょうせい, kousokumeiboshikihireidaihyousei] (n) proportional representation electoral system (n which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)