派は

noun, noun, used as a suffix

group; faction; clique

A general noun or suffix for a group sharing an affiliation, opinion, loyalty, or preference. In casual preference labels, X派 can mean someone in the “X camp,” such as 犬派 or 猫派.

• 彼かれは社しゃ内ないでは社しゃ長ちょう派はと見みられている。

  Within the company, he is seen as part of the president's faction.

• 私わたしは犬いぬ派はではなく猫ねこ派はだ。

  I'm a cat person, not a dog person.

noun, noun, used as a suffix

political faction; wing; camp

Used especially in politics for an ideological wing, faction inside a party, or camp supporting a particular position.

• 党とう内ないの保ほ守しゅ派はが法ほう案あんに反はん対たいした。

  The conservative wing within the party opposed the bill.

noun, noun, used as a suffix

school; school of thought; artistic school

Used for schools or movements in thought, art, literature, scholarship, and similar fields, often as a suffix in established names.

• 彼かの女じょは印いん象しょう派はの絵えが好すきだ。

  She likes Impressionist paintings.

noun, noun, used as a suffix

sect; denomination

Religious use for a sect or denomination. More specific full words such as 宗派 are often used, but 派 also appears in compounds and plural expressions such as 諸派.

• プロテスタントの諸しょ派はでは礼れい拝はいの形けい式しきが少すこしずつ異ことなる。

  Worship styles differ somewhat among the Protestant denominations.