派

Meaning

派 centers on a branching-off of people or ideas: a faction, group, party, or school that splits from a larger whole. The meanings clique and sect are natural extensions of a distinct subgroup.

• 派は
  N1

  group; faction; clique; coterie

• 派遣はけん
  N1

  dispatch; despatch; deployment

• 立派りっぱ
  N4

  splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent; impressive

• 派手はで
  N3

  showy; loud; flashy; gaudy

• 軟派なんぱ

  seducer; smooth talker; ladies' man; playboy; playgirl

• 派生はせい
  N1

  derivation

• 派閥はばつ
  N1

  clique; faction

• 左派さは

  left wing

• 一派いっぱ

  one school; one sect; one denomination

• 右派うは

  right wing

• 宗派しゅうは

  sect; denomination

• 派兵はへい

  dispatch of troops

• 硬派こうは

  hard-liners; diehards; hawks

• 党派とうは

  faction; party; clique

• 流派りゅうは

  school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)

• 派出所はしゅつじょ
  N1

  branch office

• 超党派ちょうとうは

  suprapartisan; multiparty; bipartisan; nonpartisan

• 特派員とくはいん

  (special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper)

• 他派たは

  the other group

• 新派しんぱ

  new school (of thought, etc.)

• 旧派きゅうは

  old school; old style

• 無党派層むとうはそう

  unaffiliated voters; floating voters; swinging voters

• シーア派シーアは

  Shia (Islam)

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