政せい党とう

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Meanings

noun

political party

Standard term for an organized political group in Japan and internationally.

彼かれは新あたらしい政せい党とうを立たち上あげた。
He launched a new political party.
日本にほんの政せい党とうについて調しらべています。
I'm researching Japanese political parties.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が政せい党とうを結けっ成せいするfor someone to form a political party
彼かれらは新あたらしい政せい党とうを結けっ成せいした。
They formed a new political party.
政せい党とうに所しょ属ぞくするto belong to a political party
彼かれはどの政せい党とうにも所しょ属ぞくしていない。
He doesn't belong to any political party.
政せい党とうを支し持じするto support a political party
多おおくの若わか者ものがその政せい党とうを支し持じしている。
Many young people support that political party.
政せい党とうが分ぶん裂れつするfor a political party to split apart
内ない部ぶ対たい立りつにより政せい党とうが分ぶん裂れつした。
The political party split apart due to internal conflict.
〈人ひと〉が政せい党とうから立りっ候こう補ほするfor someone to run as a candidate from a political party
彼かの女じょはその政せい党とうから立りっ候こう補ほすることを決きめた。
She decided to run as a candidate from that political party.

Kanji

政politics, government
党party, faction, clique

Related words· 10

与よ党とうN2
与党 refers specifically to the ruling party or coalition currently in power, while 政党 is the neutral, general term for any political party.
野や党とうN2
野党 means an opposition party not in power, whereas 政党 is a neutral term covering any political party regardless of its position.
党とうN3
党 is a shorter, more casual way to say 政党, often used as an abbreviation in news headlines or party names.
党とう派は
政党 refers broadly to any organized political party, while 党派 often implies a smaller faction or subgroup within a larger political body.

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一いっ党とう
政党 is the general term for any political party, while 一党 emphasizes a single party or faction as one distinct side among others.
公こう明めい党とう
政党 is the generic word for 'political party', while 公明党 is the proper name of one specific Japanese political party.
パーティーN5
政党 is the standard Japanese term for a political party, while パーティー in this sense mainly appears in foreign or translated political names.
新しん党とう
政党 is the general word for any political party, while 新党 specifically highlights that the party has just been formed.
会かい派は
政党 is a formally registered political party, whereas 会派 is a working group within an assembly that can include members from different or no parties.
共きょう産さん党とう
政党 is the general term for any political party, while 共産党 names a specific type of party built on communist ideology.

Don't confuse with

正せい当とうN1
政党 (political party) and 正当 (justified, legitimate) are pronounced identically but have completely unrelated meanings.
政せい府ふN3
政党 refers to a political party that seeks power, while 政府 refers to the government actually running the country, a distinction learners often blur.
政せい党とう政せい治じ
政党 refers to an individual political party, while 政党政治 refers to the whole system of government run through such parties.
与よ党とうN2
政党 means any political party in general, whereas 与党 specifically refers to the party currently in power.

Word family· 16

小しょう政せい党とう
small political party
政せい党とう員いん
member of a political party
中ちゅう道どう政せい党とう
centrist party; middle-of-the-road party
二に大だい政せい党とう
two major parties; two largest parties
地ち域いき政せい党とう
local political party

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政せい党とう内ない閣かく
party cabinet
政せい党とう政せい治じ
party politics
無む産さん政せい党とう
proletarian party
第だい三さん政せい党とう
third party (political)
衛えい星せい政せい党とう
satellite party; bloc party

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Etymology

Compound of 政 (government, politics) and 党 (party, faction). The term is a modern coinage from the Meiji era, modeled after Western political concepts.