group; contingent; camp; team
Suffix attached to nouns indicating a group of people, competitors, companies, etc., often in a collective or factional sense. Common in words like 自衛隊勢 (Self-Defense Forces contingent) or 地元勢 (local team/group).
The local team advanced to the finals.
The local team won the championship.
Many overseas competitors also participated in the tournament.
派 marks a faction or school of thought within a larger body, while 勢 marks a group defined by its collective strength or side in a contest.
class of students · group of people; team; crew; party · set; lot; bunch; assortment; deck or pack · organized-crime syndicate; crime family · typesetting; composition
crowd; many people · in large numbers; many people (adverbially)
military forces; army; troops
all members; total number of people; whole group
great numbers; numerical superiority
numerical inferiority; being outnumbered
one's troops; one's forces
few in number; numerical inferiority
ambush; lying in wait
attendants; retinue
From the kanji 勢 meaning 'force' or 'power', used as a suffix to denote a group or contingent. The reading ぜい is the on'yomi.
party; company; group of people
small force; numerically inferior force
small force; small number of people
bow-drawing strength; strength to pull a bow
hardcore crowd; serious enthusiasts
foreign contingent; foreign participants; foreign competitors
Tokugawa forces