| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 政党 | せいとう | (member of) political party |
| 不偏不党 | ふへんふとう | impartiality, neutrality, independence |
| 与党 | よとう | government party, (ruling) party in power, government |
| 与野党 | よやとう | (political) parties in and out of power, majority and minority parties |
| 両党 | りょうとう | both political parties |
| 保守党 | ほしゅとう | Conservative Party (UK, Canada, Japan) |
| 党 | とう | party (political); faction, -ite |
| 党内 | とうない | party-internal |
| 党是 | とうぜ | party platform, party principles |
| 党派 | とうは | faction |
| 党略 | とうりゃく | party politics (tactics) |
| 党籍 | とうせき | party register, membership in a party |
| 党閥 | とうばつ | (party) faction or clique |
| 党首 | とうしゅ | party leader |
| 共和党 | きょうわとう | Republican Party |
| 共産党 | きょうさんとう | Communist Party |
| 共産党中央委員会 | きょうさんとうちゅうおういいんかい | Central Committee of the Communist Party |
| 共産党細胞 | きょうさんとうさいぼう | communist cell |
| 労働党 | ろうどうとう | Labour Party, Labor Party |
| 同党 | どうとう | the same political party |
| 新党 | しんとう | new (political) party |
| 朋党 | ほうとう | faction, clique |
| 民社党 | みんしゃとう | Democratic Socialist Party |
| 無党派層 | むとうはそう | unaffiliated voters, floating voters, swinging voters |
| 皇民党 | こうみんとう | Imperialist Party |
| 社会党 | しゃかいとう | Socialist Party |
| 自民党 | じみんとう | Liberal Democratic Party, LDP |
| 超党派 | ちょうとうは | nonpartisan |
| 野党 | やとう | opposition party, political opposition, opposition |
| 離党 | りとう | secession from a political party |