行き止まり|いきどまりikidomari[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); cul-de-sac
   その道みちは行き止いきどまりだった。↗

   The road came to a dead end.
2. nounend; end of the road; end point; as far as one can go

• Synonym行き詰まりいきづまりNeutralA deadlock where things can no longer move forward; it stresses an abstract impasse, while 「行き止まり」 is chiefly a road with no way through and can also mean a limit.
• Synonym袋小路ふくろこうじNeutralA dead-end alley, also used figuratively for a predicament. The image is vivid and stays close to the literal street sense.
• Synonym行き当たりいきあたりNeutralThe point where a road or street ends, as in 「路地の行き当たり」; it points to the spot itself, while 「行き止まり」 stresses no way through and can also mean a limit.
• Related手詰まりてづまりNeutralBeing out of moves or ideas; originally a board-game term, it stresses that all means are exhausted rather than a road ending.
• Related立ち往生たちおうじょうNeutralStuck where you are, unable to go forward or back; said mainly of vehicles and people, like a train stranded mid-route.
• RelatedデッドロックNeutralA loanword for a deadlock or impasse, leaning toward diplomacy and IT contexts; it never refers to a physical road.
• Related膠着こうちゃくWrittenWritten/formal prose for a stalemate, mostly about war situations and negotiations; not used for roads.
• Related膠着状態こうちゃくじょうたいWrittenA formal word for a stalled standoff, common in the news; it stresses two sides locked with neither progress nor retreat.
• Antonym通り抜けとおりぬけNeutralPassing through a place to the other side, as in 「通り抜け禁止」; the opposite of 「行き止まり」, which cannot be passed through.

Default to 「行き止まり」 for a road with no way through, as in 「この先行き止まり」. Figuratively, 「行き詰まり」 is an impasse and 「袋小路」 a predicament; 「手詰まり」 is having no options left, 「デッドロック」 suits diplomacy and IT, 「膠着」 and 「膠着状態」 are written/formal words for standoffs, 「立ち往生」 fits stranded vehicles or people, and 「行き当たり」 names the end of a street; 「通り抜け」 is the opposite.

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1. 道みちなどでそこから先さきに行いけなくなっていること。また、そのような所ところ。