分ぶん脈みゃく

noun

branch; offshoot; tributary; fork; ramification

Used for physical branching structures such as rivers, nerves, blood vessels, ore veins, or roads. Not used for abstract branching like organizational divisions.

• この川かわの分ぶん脈みゃくはいくつもの小ちいさな流ながれに分わかれている。

  The tributaries of this river split into many small streams.

• 神しん経けいの分ぶん脈みゃくが体からだ中じゅうに広ひろがっている。

  The ramifications of the nerves spread throughout the body.