branch;  bough;  limb;  twig;  sprig;  spray
 branches and leaves;  foliage;  unimportant details;  nonessentials;  side issue
 counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
 ramification;  branching off
 dead branch (or twig, etc.);  withered branch
 toothpick;  skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
 branch road;  byroad;  side street;  digression
 dead branch (or twig, etc.);  withered branch
 unimportant details;  inessentials
 bifurcation;  branch;  branched;  rami-
 off-shoot;  noble (family) sibling
 garden gate made of branches and twigs;  wicket gate
 to droop;  to hang down;  to weep
 the samurai glories in honourable poverty;  keep a stiff upper lip!
 weeping cherry (Prunus spachiana);  shidare cherry
 leisurely, post-meal use of a toothpick
 dressed carcass;  meat on the bone
 tufted toothpick;  Edo-period toothbrush resembling a large toothpick burred at one end into a tuft
 litchi (Nephelium litchi);  lychee;  bitter melon (Momordica charantia);  bitter gourd;  Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)
 common broom (Cytisus scoparius, Genista scoparia);  Scotch broom;  English broom
 enshrined deity of a subordinate shrine
 member of the Imperial family;  royalty;  beautiful clouds
 weeping cherry (Prunus spachiana);  shidare cherry
 tofu-like dish made with edamame
 weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
 fragrant branch of flowers
 pruning tree branches to encourage new growth
 dendrite crystal;  dendrite
 to work without sleep or rest
 candelabra;  candelabrum;  girandole
 garden gate made of branches and twigs;  wicket gate
 toothpick;  skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
 tufted toothpick;  Edo-period toothbrush resembling a large toothpick burred at one end into a tuft
 detached force;  detachment
 cuttings;  lop;  spray;  set;  slip
 candelabra;  candelabrum;  girandole
 weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
 sweetsop (Annona squamosa)
 pruning tree branches to encourage new growth
 fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine;  what's done is done;  there's no use crying over spilled milk
 to trim a tree;  to prune a tree's branches
 geometer moth;  geometrid (of the Ennominae subfamily)
 switch (long, young branch)
 transaction branch identifier
 weeping peach (Prunus persica var. pendula)
 weeping plum (Prunus mume f. pendula);  weeping Japanese apricot
 pronghorn (Antilocapra americana);  prong buck;  pronghorn antelope
 pruning (e.g. decision tree)
 pruning (e.g. decision tree)
 training (branches in horticulture)
 bud sport;  bud mutation;  bud variation
 bud sport;  bud mutation;  bud variation
 peppered moth (Biston betularia)
 geometer moth caterpillar;  geometrid caterpillar (of subfamily Ennominae)
 geometer moth caterpillar;  geometrid caterpillar (of subfamily Ennominae)
 bitter melon (Momordica charantia);  bitter gourd
 Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)
 Kyushu maple (Acer capillipes);  red snakebark maple
 Atlas broom (Argyrocytisus battandieri)