Minor or irrelevant details; trivial matters not related to the essence of a thing. A four-character idiom referring to inessentials.
本題に入る前に枝葉末節の議論に時間を使いすぎた。
Before getting to the main topic, we spent too much time on trivial discussions.
リーダーは枝葉末節にこだわらず、全体像を見るべきだ。
A leader should not get hung up on trivialities but look at the big picture.
この問題では細かい枝葉末節よりも根本的な原因を探そう。
For this issue, let's look for the root cause rather than the minor details.