| 淘汰 | [とうた, touta] (n, vs) (1) selection; weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); (2) (See 自然淘汰・しぜんとうた) natural selection [Add to Longdo] |
| 血縁淘汰 | [けつえんとうた, ketsuentouta] (n) kin selection [Add to Longdo] |
| 雌雄淘汰 | [しゆうとうた, shiyuutouta] (n) (obsc) (See 性淘汰) sexual selection [Add to Longdo] |
| 自然淘汰 | [しぜんとうた, shizentouta] (n, vs) natural selection [Add to Longdo] |
| 社会淘汰 | [しゃかいとうた, shakaitouta] (n) (See 社会ダーウィニズム) social selection [Add to Longdo] |
| 人為淘汰 | [じんいとうた, jin'itouta] (n) artificial selection (in biology) [Add to Longdo] |
| 人員淘汰 | [じんいんとうた, jin'intouta] (n) personnel reduction [Add to Longdo] |
| 性淘汰 | [せいとうた, seitouta] (n) sexual selection [Add to Longdo] |
| 整理淘汰 | [せいりとうた, seiritouta] (n, vs) reorganize an enterprise and weed out redundant workers; reorganize an industry and weed out redudant enterprises [Add to Longdo] |
| 淘汰作用 | [とうたさよう, toutasayou] (n) sifting out; weeding out; selection; sorting [Add to Longdo] |