枝えだ分わかれ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

ramification; branching

Botanical term for the way a plant stem or root divides into branches. Also used figuratively for the branching structure of organizations, roads, or ideas.

• この植しょく物ぶつは枝えだ分わかれが多おおく、剪せん定ていが必ひつ要ようだ。

  This plant has many ramifications and needs pruning.

• 血けっ管かんは体からだ中じゅうで細こまかく枝えだ分わかれしている。

  Blood vessels branch out finely throughout the body.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

branching off; splitting

General term for something dividing into branches or splitting into multiple directions. Can be used for roads, rivers, organizations, or abstract concepts.

• この道みちは途と中ちゅうで二ふたつに枝えだ分わかれしている。

  This road branches off into two paths midway.

• 議ぎ論ろんが枝えだ分わかれして収しゅう拾しゅうがつかなくなった。

  The discussion branched off in different directions and became unmanageable.