back channel

The smaller of two channels in a river that diverge to form an island. / A secondary channel of activity, typically in parallel with primary channels and somewhat independent of them.

Japanese Meaning

川が分かれて島を形成する際の、より小さい水路。 / 主要な水路または活動に対して並行・独立して存在する副次的な水路や活動の流れ。

What is this buttons?

We navigated the back channel, the smaller of the two streams that wrapped around the river island.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私たちは、川にできた島を回る二つの流れのうち小さい方の流れを進んだ。

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Sense（1）

The smaller of two channels in a river that diverge to form an island.

Sense（2）

A secondary channel of activity, typically in parallel with primary channels and somewhat independent of them.

Sense（3）

An unofficial communications channel used to make informal or subversive negotiations.

Sense（4）

(computing) A real-time online discussion that occurs simultaneously with a verbal presentation.

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Sense（5）

(linguistics) A gesture or short prompt by which a listener invites a speaker to continue.

back channels

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