一派|いっぱippa[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounone school; one sect; one denomination
   小説しょうせつの新あたらしい一派いっぱが起おこった。↗

   A new school of fiction has grown up.
2. nounone party; one faction; one group

• Synonym宗派しゅうはWrittenWritten/formal prose. Mainly sects within a religion, e.g. Buddhist ones, but also schools of poetry; 「一派」 is not limited to any particular field.
• Synonym流派りゅうはNeutralNeutral. Schools of traditional arts like tea ceremony or martial arts, stressing transmission of the craft; 「一派」 also covers political factions and groups of people.
• Synonym学派がくはWrittenWritten/formal prose. Limited to schools of scholarship, as in 「京都学派」; 「一派」 also applies to religion, the arts and politics.
• Synonym派はNeutralNeutral. A broad word for factions, mostly used as a suffix as in 「改革派」; to say 'one faction', 「一派」 is the usual choice.
• Synonym一宗いっしゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A rather rare word for a single religious sect; 「一派」 is more widely used and not confined to religion.
• Synonym会派かいはWrittenWritten/formal prose. Groups of people with similar positions, mostly parliamentary blocs, also religious denominations; 「一派」 is broader and can mean a crowd or clique.
• Synonym教派きょうはWrittenWritten/formal prose. Religious sects, close in meaning to 「宗派」; 「一派」 is not tied to religion and also covers schools of thought and political parties.
• Related宗門しゅうもんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A Buddhist-leaning word for a sect that can also refer to monks; 「一派」 is not limited to religion.
• Related末派まっぱWrittenWritten/formal prose. A rare word for minor offshoot branches, or for members of lower standing or skill; 「一派」 carries no hint of inferiority.
• Antonym諸派しょはWrittenWritten/formal prose. Many factions at once, or minor parties; it stands opposite to the single group of 「一派」 in number.

Use 「一派」 for one school, faction or group of people, as in 「一派を成す」. For religion choose 「宗派」 or 「教派」 (「宗門」 is Buddhist-flavored), for traditional arts 「流派」, for scholarship 「学派」, for parliamentary blocs 「会派」. 「派」 works mainly as a suffix; 「一宗」 and 「末派」 are rare written words; 「諸派」 means many factions at once.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 一ひとつの流派りゅうは。
2. 仲間なかま。同類どうるい。一味いちみ。