政せい党とう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

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noun

political party

Standard term for an organized political group in Japan and internationally.

彼かれは新あたらしい政せい党とうを立たち上あげた。
He launched a new political party.
日本にほんの政せい党とうについて調しらべています。
I'm researching Japanese political parties.

Kanji

政politics, government
党party, faction, clique

Similar words

与よ党とう
与党 refers specifically to the ruling party or coalition in power, while 政党 is a general term for any political party.
野や党とう
野党 means opposition party, contrasting with 政党 which is a neutral term for any political party.

Etymology

Compound of 政 (government, politics) and 党 (party, faction). The term is a modern coinage from the Meiji era, modeled after Western political concepts.