選抜 せんばつ selection #3,780 Meanings noun, takes する, transitive selection; choice; picking out noun, abbreviation, oft. written as センバツ National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien Its kanji 選 セン · えら.ぶ、え.る、よ.る elect, select, choose, prefer 抜 バツ、ハツ、ハイ · ぬ.く、-ぬ.く、ぬ.き、ぬ.ける、ぬ.かす、ぬ.かる slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit