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school, style, tradition, faction
A distinct school or tradition within an art, discipline, or field, each with its own established methods, techniques, and lineage. Commonly used for traditional Japanese arts such as martial arts, flower arrangement, tea ceremony, calligraphy, and performing arts.
剣道にはいくつかの流派がある。
There are several schools of kendo.
どの流派を学んでいますか。
Which school are you studying?
華道には多くの流派があり、それぞれ独自の様式を持っている。
There are many schools of flower arrangement, each with its own distinctive style.
USAGE:
Central to understanding traditional Japanese arts and culture. Major traditional arts are divided into 流派, each with a founding master, a lineage of practitioners, and distinctive techniques.
Well-known examples include the 裏千家 and 表千家 schools of tea ceremony, and the 池坊 school of flower arrangement.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 流儀: style, personal way of doing things (more individual)
- 門派: school, sect (less common)
- 派: faction, school (suffix)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 流派を学ぶ: to study a school/tradition
- 流派を立てる: to found a school
- さまざまな流派: various schools
- 流派の違い: differences between schools