| 前衛派 | the avant-garde |
| 硬軟両派 | stalwart and insurgent factions |
| 左派系 | left faction |
| 佐幕派 | supporters of the shogun |
| 逍遥学派 | Peripatetic school (of philosophy) |
| 真宗大谷派 | Otani sect of Shinshu |
| 懐疑派 | the skeptics (in philosophy) (sceptics) |
| 少数派 | minority group (party), minority |
| 親日派 | pro-Japanese group, Japanophiles |
| 知日派 | pro-Japanese (group) |
| 派閥争い | factional dispute, factional strife, rivalry between factions |
| 反体制派 | people who are against the Establishment, anti-Establishment groups |
| 反対派 | opposition faction |
| 分離派 | separatists, secessionists |
| 保守派 | conservatives |
| インド語派 | Indic languages, Indo-Aryan languages |
| 印象派美術 | impressionism |
| 改革派教会 | Reformed Churches |
| 改革派 | reformist |
| 党内派閥 | intra-party faction |
| 派遣社員 | temporary employee (esp. from an agency), temporary worker, agency temp |
| 派閥主義 | factionalism |
| 派閥政治 | faction-based politics |
| 無党派層 | unaffiliated voters, floating voters, swinging voters |
| 労働者派遣法 | Temporary Staffing Services Law |
| 王党派 | royalists, royalist faction |
| 中道右派 | right-of-center faction (group), center-right (centre) |
| 中道左派 | left-of-center faction (group) |
| 党派根性 | partisan spirit (prejudice), partisanship, factionalism |
| 派閥均衡 | balance of power among factions (within a political party), factional balance |
| 派閥抗争 | factional infighting (conflict), antagonism between factions |
| 派閥人事 | faction-based personnel appointment |
| 派閥力学 | factional dynamics, power relationships among factions, factional power politics |
| 無党派 | political independents |
| 無派閥 | belonging to no (political) faction |
| ストア学派 | Stoic school, the Stoics |
| 御室派 | Omuro (sect of Shingo Buddhism) |
| 災害派遣 | disaster relief operation, disaster relief mission |
インド・アーリア語派 インドアーリア語派 | Indic languages, Indo-Aryan languages |
| スンナ派 | Sunni (Islam) |
| 院内会派 | in-house faction (political groups within the Diet) |
| 教派神道 | Sect Shinto |
| 部派仏教 | Nikaya (early sectarian) Buddhism |
| 谷垣派 | Tanigaki Faction (of the LDP) |
| 古賀派 | Koga Faction (of the LDP) |
| 町村派 | Machimura Faction (of the LDP) |
| 伊吹派 | Ibuki Faction (of the LDP) |
| 旧渡辺派 | Former Watanabe Faction (of the LDP) |
| 山崎派 | Yamasaki Faction (of the LDP) |
| 高村派 | Komura Faction (of the LDP) |
| 津島派 | Tsushima Faction (of the LDP) |
| 麻生派 | Aso Faction (of the LDP) |