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.
彼は社内では社長派と見られている。
Within the company, he is seen as part of the president's faction.
私は犬派ではなく猫派だ。
I'm a cat person, not a dog person.
Used especially in politics for an ideological wing, faction inside a party, or camp supporting a particular position.
党内の保守派が法案に反対した。
The conservative wing within the party opposed the bill.
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.
彼女は印象派の絵が好きだ。
She likes Impressionist paintings.
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派では礼拝の形式が少しずつ異なる。
Worship styles differ somewhat among the Protestant denominations.
He's definitely a cat person.
Opinion within the party split into two factions.
The young lawmakers formed a new faction.
He belongs to the conservative faction within the party.
seducer; playboy; ladies' man · picking up women; hitting on women · moderate party; moderate faction · social story; society columnist · bearish trader; bear
derivation; derivative
clique; faction
left wing; leftist faction
political faction; parliamentary group
school; sect; denomination · faction; party; group
right wing; rightist faction
religious sect; denomination · school (of art, poetry, etc.)
dispatch specially; special envoy
dispatch of troops; sending of military forces
hard-liners; diehards; hawks · tough guy; man's man; traditionally masculine man · hard news; political/economic reporter · strait-laced; conservative in relationships · bullish traders
faction; party; clique
school; style; tradition
faction; branch; sect; denomination; branching off
school of thought; sect
sect; denomination
nonpartisan; unaffiliated; independent
Rimpa school
each party; each faction; all sects
various parties; minor parties
reinforcements; sending additional personnel
both groups; both factions
conservatives; conservative faction
orthodox school; orthodox faction; mainstream group
other faction; other group; other school
different sect; different school; different faction
same sect; same faction