Kanji
閥
N1
14 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1072
clique, lineage, pedigree, faction, clan
On'yomi (音読み)
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On'yomi compounds (音読み)
派閥
はばつ
clique; faction
財閥
ざいばつ
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate
閥
ばつ
clique; clan
学閥
がくばつ
alma mater clique; old school tie
財閥解体
ざいばつかいたい
dissolution of the zaibatsu (during the US occupation of Japan)
派閥抗争
はばつこうそう
factional infighting (conflict); antagonism between factions
派閥人事
はばつじんじ
faction-based personnel appointment
派閥力学
はばつりきがく
factional dynamics; power relationships among factions
無派閥
むはばつ
belonging to no (political) faction
浙江財閥
せっこうざいばつ
Zhejiang financial clique; Sekko Zaibatsu
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
派閥争い
はばつあらそい
factional dispute; factional strife
Example sentences
派閥（はばつ）内（うち）の抗争（こうそう）が審議（しんぎ）に支障（ししょう）をきたしました。
Factional in-fighting threw a monkey wrench into the deliberations.
この会社（かいしゃ）には派閥（はばつ）があります。
This office is divided up into camps.