noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. unimportant details, inessentials.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
枝葉末節 しようまっせつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

bough, branch, twig
えだ シ え (5th, N2)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
branch, support, sustain
シ ささ.える つか.える (5th, N3)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (Late Jr. High, N1)
leaf, plane, lobe
は ヨウ よ (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ うすいきふだ まど
generation, world, society
セ よ セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
end, close, tip
マツ すえ バツ (4th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
node, season, period
セツ ふし セチ (4th, N1)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual, (個 variant)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
instant, namely, as is
ソク すなわ.ち つ.く (Early Jr. High, N1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment, (衣 variant)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ わりふ (Kentei 1)