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閥: clique

clique; faction
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Readings

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ばつ, "clique": 派閥(はばつ) "faction", 財閥(ざいばつ) "business conglomerate", 学閥(がくばつ), 軍閥(ぐんばつ).

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Key words

派閥はばつfaction
財閥ざいばつzaibatsu; business conglomerate
学閥がくばつalumni clique
軍閥ぐんばつmilitary clique
藩閥はんばつdomain clique

Example sentences

There are factions inside the company, so personnel decisions are slow to be made.

In prewar Japan, several zaibatsu conglomerates drove the economy.

The alumni clique formed by graduates of the same university still holds strong power.

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