分派|ぶんぱbunpa[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfaction; branch; sect; denomination; branching off
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 分派する（ぶんぱする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 分派します（ぶんぱします） |
| Negative (nai) | 分派しない（ぶんぱしない） |
| polite (masen) | 分派しません（ぶんぱしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 分派せず・分派せぬ（ぶんぱせず・ぶんぱせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 分派した（ぶんぱした） |
| polite (mashita) | 分派しました（ぶんぱしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 分派しなかった（ぶんぱしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 分派しませんでした（ぶんぱしませんでした） |
| Te form | 分派して（ぶんぱして） |
| Potential | 分派できる（ぶんぱできる） |
| Passive | 分派される（ぶんぱされる） |
| Causative | 分派させる（ぶんぱさせる） |
| Causative passive | 分派させられる（ぶんぱさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 分派すれば（ぶんぱすれば） |
| tara | 分派したら（ぶんぱしたら） |
| Volitional | 分派しよう（ぶんぱしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 分派しましょう（ぶんぱしましょう） |
| Imperative | 分派しろ（ぶんぱしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym派閥はばつNeutralA clique within an organization formed along personal ties; often pejorative. 「分派」 stresses branching off from the main stream.
- Synonym党派とうはNeutralA political party or faction whose members share the same principles, as in 「超党派」; 「分派」 stresses the branching off.
- Synonym閥ばつWrittenWritten style: an exclusive clique bound by personal ties, mostly used as a suffix, as in 「学閥」 and 「財閥」.
- Synonym会派かいはWrittenA formal term for a group of legislators within a parliament; 「分派」 stresses a faction that has split off.
- Synonym徒党ととうWrittenWritten style: a group banded together to plot something, as in 「徒党を組む」; pejorative.
- Related宗派しゅうはNeutralA sect within a single religion, such as the schools of Buddhism; 「分派」 is not limited to religion.
- Related教派きょうはNeutralA religious sect or denomination, especially in Christianity; close in sense to 「宗派」.
- Related党閥とうばつWrittenWritten style: a faction within a political party; used only rarely.
- Related私党しとうWrittenWritten style: a clique formed for private gain; pejorative and rarely used.
- Antonym本流ほんりゅうWrittenWritten style: the main stream of a river, or the orthodox line of a school; the opposite of the branched-off 「分派」.
- Antonym主流しゅりゅうNeutralThe mainstream or main current, of a river or of thought; the opposite of the branch that 「分派」 denotes.
Use 「分派」 for a faction that has branched off from the main stream. For political parties say 「党派」, for cliques within an organization 「派閥」, and for religion 「宗派」. For the dominant side say 「主流」, and for the orthodox main line 「本流」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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