末節

Reading

Kana: まっせつ

Romaji: massetsu

Definition

noun

1

minor details; nonessentials

Kanji

末

Readings: マツ、 バツ、 すえ

Meanings: end, close, tip, powder, posterity

節

Readings: セツ、 セチ、 ふし、 -ぶし、 のっと

Meanings: node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody

Example Sentence

枝葉(えだは)末節(まっせつ)の議論(ぎろん)はもうそろそろ止(と)めにして、本筋(ほんすじ)の話(はなし)に移(うつ)りませんか。

➥Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?