Nounauthor; compiler; editor

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbwriting (a book)

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbwriting (a book); compiling; editing

Noun, Suru verbcompiling; editing; writing

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbwriting (an epitaph, foreword, etc.); composition; epitaph; inscription

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbcompiling and presenting poems, texts, etc. to the emperor

Suru verb - special class, Transitive verbto write (prose, etc.) · to compile (an anthology)

Godan verb with 'bu' ending, Transitive verbto choose; to select; to pick (out)

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto choose; to select; to pick out

Nounselection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Transitive verbselection of poems; selected poems

Nounthe chosen one; the chosen ones; the select few