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ツリー

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Meanings

1

noun

tree; Christmas tree

Most common in everyday Japanese for a decorative tree, especially a Christmas tree; ordinary living trees are usually called 木.

駅えき前まえの広ひろ場ばに大おおきなクリスマスツリーが立たっている。
A large Christmas tree stands in the square in front of the station.

2

noun

tree structure; tree diagram

Used for hierarchical structures, diagrams, folder views, and data structures; often appears as ツリー構造 or ツリー表示.

See also: ツリー構造

Similar words

木き
The ordinary native word for a living tree or wood; ツリー is more katakana-style and especially common for decorative trees such as Christmas trees.
ツリー構こう造ぞう
The fuller expression for a hierarchical tree structure; ツリー alone can be a shortened form when the context is clear.
スレッド
A more general term for an online discussion thread or computing thread; ツリー in the slang sense is especially a Twitter-style chain of connected posts.

Etymology

A katakana word corresponding to the English meaning 'tree'; no language-of-origin field is specified, so the exact borrowing history is not asserted here.

フォルダをツリー表ひょう示じで確かく認にんする。
Check the folders in a tree view.
このデータはツリー構こう造ぞうで管かん理りされている。
This data is managed in a tree structure.

3

noun

Twitter thread

internet slang

Internet slang for a connected series of posts or replies on Twitter-style platforms; close to スレッド but especially associated with reply chains.

See also: スレッド

詳くわしい手て順じゅんはこのツリーで説せつ明めいします。
I'll explain the detailed steps in this thread.