閥

Meaning

閥 centers on a closed group defined by shared blood or loyalty: a clan, lineage, or faction that operates as a clique. The pedigree sense is the inherited status that defines such a group.

• 派閥はばつ
  N1

  clique; faction

• 財閥ざいばつ
  N1

  zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group

• 閥ばつ

  clique; clan; faction

• 軍閥ぐんばつ

  military clique; military party

• 学閥がくばつ

  alma mater clique; old school tie

• 門閥もんばつ

  lineage; pedigree; good family

• 三井財閥みついざいばつ

  Mitsui Zaibatsu

• 三菱財閥みつびしざいばつ

  Mitsubishi Zaibatsu

• 住友財閥すみともざいばつ

  Sumitomo Zaibatsu

• 党内派閥とうないはばつ

  intra-party faction

• 党閥とうばつ

  party faction; party clique

• 北洋軍閥ほくようぐんばつ

  Beiyang Army

• 学閥意識がくばついしき

  strong feelings of loyalty to one's old school; the old school tie

• 安田財閥やすだざいばつ

  Yasuda Zaibatsu

• 新興財閥しんこうざいばつ

  new zaibatsu (formed after the Meiji period)

• 派閥主義はばつしゅぎ

  factionalism

• 派閥争いはばつあらそい

  factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions

• 派閥人事はばつじんじ

  faction-based personnel appointment

• 派閥力学はばつりきがく

  factional dynamics; power relationships among factions; factional power politics

• 派閥均衡はばつきんこう

  balance of power among factions (within a political party); factional balance

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