閥 - clique, lineage, pedigree

clique; clan; faction

zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group

clique; faction

clan; clique

government by relatives of ruler's wife

factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions

factional dynamics; power relationships among factions; factional power politics

factional infighting (conflict); antagonism between factions

Yasuda Zaibatsu

intra-party faction

alma mater clique; old school tie

lineage; pedigree; good family