少数派

Japanese
Kanji in this term
少 数 派
しょう
Grade: 2		 すう
Grade: 2		 は
Grade: 6
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
少數派 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 少数 (“few”) +‎ 派 (“group, faction”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しょーすうは [shòósúúhá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːsɨᵝːha̠]

Noun

少(しょう)数(すう)派(は) • (shōsūha) 

  1. minority group
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
      宗教的少数派(しゅうきょうてきしょうすうは)について当(あ)て嵌(は)まる事実(じじつ)は、女性(じょせい)の権利(けんり)についても同様(どうよう)である。
      Shūkyōteki shōsūha ni tsuite atehamaru jijitsu wa, josei no kenri ni tsuite mo dōyō de aru.
      What is true for religious minorities is also true when it comes to the rights of women.
    Antonym: 多数派
  2. minority party

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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