Meaning
派 (は, ha) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “clique, faction, school”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
犬派?猫派?
Are you a dog person or a cat person?
外国映画は絶対字幕派。
I ONLY watch the subtitled version of foreign movies.
彼は 立派な 人です。
He's a fine man.
朝ごはんはパン派?ご飯派?
What do you (usually) eat for breakfast, bread or rice?
この建物は奇麗でも立派でもありません。
This building is neither pretty nor magnificent.
子供がやったこととは言え、これは立派な犯罪だ。
Although this was done by a child, it practically amounts to a crime.
彼氏が裏向き派と知った彼女の思いは想像もつかない。
I cannot even begin to imagine what she felt when she found out that her boyfriend was an 'under the roll' type.
自衛隊派遣の是非をめぐって激しい議論が交わされた。
There were fierce arguments over the pros and cons of dispatching the Self-Defence Forces.
この図書館は建物が立派な割には中の設備がよくない。
Despite the impressive building, the facilities inside this library are not that good.
一部の過激派は別として、一般大衆は民主化を望んでいる。
Except for a few extremists, the general public wants democratization.
当社では要請に応じて講師を学校に派遣することもできます。
We can also dispatch a lecturer to the school in response to their request.
彼らは同じ宗教内の派閥だから、それだけ憎しみも大きいのかもしれない。
It might be that they hate each other that much more because they are in different sects of the same religion.