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百選

百撰
ひゃくせん
top hundred; hundred best
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私選

私撰
しせん
personal selection (esp. of a defense lawyer); private selection (e.g. of poetry)
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撰録

せんろく
compiling; editing; writing
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撰述

せんじゅつ
compiling; editing; writing
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撰修

せんしゅう
compiling; editing; writing
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撰者

せんじゃ
author; compiler; editor
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修撰

しゅうせん
editing; compiling
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勅撰和歌集

ちょくせんわかしゅう
poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry
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撰する

せんする、ぜんする
to write (prose, etc.); to compile (an anthology)
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新選組

新撰組
しんせんぐみ
Shinsengumi; shogunate police and military force located in Kyoto and dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities (Edo period)