ぶんきてん

分岐点
junction
crossroads
division point
parting of ways

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ぶんきてん【分岐点】

a diverging point; a turning point; a watershed; 〔道の〕 a fork; a crossroads; the parting of the ways; 〔道･川の〕 a fork; 〔鉄道の〕 a division point; a junction; 【数】 a branch [ramification] point.

●分岐点で on the fork 《of the streets》.

●人生の分岐点に立つ be [stand] at a turning point in one's life

・その決断が彼女の生涯の分岐点になった. That decision became the turning point in her life.

損益分岐点 the break-even point.

●損益分岐点の引き下げ lower the break-even point.