左派|さはsaha[1]atamadaka (head-high)

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Definitions
  1. no-adjective, politicsleft wing
    The result of the census led the left wing to believe that their policy was wrong.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym左翼さよくNeutralAlso covers the left side of things, like a plane's wing or a column's left flank; 「左派」 is strictly a political faction, as in 「党内左派」.
  • Antonym右派うはNeutralPolitically the opposite of 「左派」: the right wing, i.e. the conservative faction.

For the political left or a party's left faction, use 「左派」; for left-wing ideas or the left side of a camp, 「左翼」 works. The opposite is 「右派」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 組織内そしきない、特とくに政党せいとうの内部ないぶで革新的かくしんてき又または急進的きゅうしんてきな一派いっぱ。急進きゅうしん派は、革新派かくしんは、左翼さよく。
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