流派|りゅうはryuuha[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounschool (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
    その作品さくひんは小説しょうせつの新しん流派りゅうはを生うむだろう。↗
    The work will give birth to a new school of novel.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym学派がくはNeutralAn academic school, as in 「京都学派」; confined to scholarship, whereas 「流派」 mostly refers to schools of arts and martial arts.
  • Synonym一派いっぱNeutralOne school or faction; also a group of people or a clique, which can carry a derogatory nuance, as in 「一派の者」.
  • Synonym派はNeutralA faction or group, often used as a suffix as in 「印象派」「改革派」; broad in range, while 「流派」 stresses transmission of a craft.

Use 「流派」 for schools of traditional arts and skills such as tea ceremony, flower arrangement and martial arts; for academic schools say 「学派」, and for political factions or as a suffix say 「派」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 流儀りゅうぎの違ちがいによるわかれ。
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