枝し葉よう末まっ節せつ

noun

trivial details; minor points; inessentials

A yojijukugo used to dismiss or downplay matters as unimportant side issues, often contrasted with the main point.

• 枝し葉よう末まっ節せつにこだわらず、本ほん質しつを見み極きわめよう。

  Let's not get caught up in trivial details and focus on the essence.

• 会かい議ぎでは枝し葉よう末まっ節せつな議ぎ論ろんに時じ間かんを取とられた。

  The meeting was taken up by discussions on minor points.