名作

めいさく

masterpiece

名選手

めいせんしゅ

great player, star player

作品名

さくひんめい

title (of a work of art)

作り名

つくりな

alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume

選外佳作

せんがいかさく

honorable mention, honourable mention

選挙人名簿

せんきょにんめいぼ

voter registration list, electoral register

不朽の名作

ふきゅうのめいさく

immortal work

首相指名選挙

しゅしょうしめいせんきょ

vote by the Diet to appoint the prime minister

機種選定作業

きしゅせんていさぎょう

equipment selection work

永久選挙人名簿

えいきゅうせんきょにんめいぼ

permanent voter registration list

選

せん

selection, choice, choosing, picking, election

名

な めい

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)

有名無名

ゆうめいむめい

well-known and unknown, somebodies and nobodies, both famous and humble

多選

たせん

being re-elected (multiple times)

選民

せんみん

the chosen people

選評

せんぴょう

selection and commentary (on literary texts or poems)

百選

ひゃくせん

top hundred, hundred best

抽選

ちゅうせん

lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots)

選球

せんきゅう せんだま

waiting for a good hit at a pitch