ブランチ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun

branch; offshoot

A katakana term for a branch, especially in technical, organizational, or diagram-like contexts such as a code branch or branch office. For an ordinary tree branch, 枝 is usually the natural word.

Gitで新ぎっどであたらしいブランチを作さく成せいした。

I created a new branch in Git.

その会かい社しゃは東とう京きょうにブランチを開かい設せつした。

The company opened a branch in Tokyo.

Usage patterns

ブランチを作さく成せいするto create a branch (e.g. in a code repository)
新あたらしい機き能のうのためにブランチを作さく成せいした。
I created a branch for the new feature.
ブランチを統とう合ごうするto merge a branch
作さ業ぎょうが終おわったらブランチをメインに統とう合ごうします。
Once the work is done, I'll merge the branch into main.
〈場ば所しょ〉にブランチを開ひらくto open a branch (office) in a place
その会かい社しゃは東とう京きょうにブランチを開ひらいた。
The company opened a branch in Tokyo.

Related words

支し店てんN3
支店 is the standard Japanese word for a branch office or store, while ブランチ often sounds more like a foreign-company or business term for the same thing.
分ぶん岐きN1
分岐 refers to the act of splitting or forking, whereas ブランチ refers to the resulting branch or branch-like unit itself, such as in a diagram or code repository.
枝えだN4
枝 is the natural word for a physical tree branch, while ブランチ is used mainly in technical or organizational contexts rather than for real tree branches.

Don't confuse with

ブランチ
ブランチ (branch) refers to a branch office or a code branch, while the identically written ブランチ (brunch) refers to a meal combining breakfast and lunch.

Word family

条じょう件けん付つきブランチ
conditional branch

Etymology

Only a katakana form is given; no language of origin is specified. The spelling is conventionally used for the meaning 'branch'.