勢ぜい

noun, used as a suffix

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).

• 地じ元もと勢ぜいが優ゆう勝しょうした。

  The local team won the championship.

• 大たい会かいには海かい外がい勢ぜいも多た数すう参さん加かした。

  Many overseas competitors also participated in the tournament.