This is the 6842nd most frequent Japanese word.
ブランチ
"ブランチ" means "brunch" in English, referring to a meal between breakfast and lunch.
ブランチ in this sentence refers to a meal that's a combination of breakfast and lunch, commonly called 'brunch' in English.
今日は友人と朝食を兼ねてブランチを楽しみました。
Today, I enjoyed brunch with my friend as both breakfast and lunch.
ブランチ in this technical context denotes a branch in version-control systems, representing a separate line of development in code.
プログラムのコードに新しいブランチを追加しました。
I added a new branch to the program's code.
ブランチ here is being used to mean branches, physically the parts of trees extending from the trunk.