行き詰まり・行き詰り・行詰り・行詰まり|いきづまりikizumari[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundeadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end

• Synonym手詰まりてづまりNeutralA deadlock where you have no moves left; originally a shogi term. It stresses that your options are used up, while 「行き詰まり」 stresses that things cannot go forward.
• Synonym行き止まりいきどまりNeutralThe end of a road, a dead end; stresses the literal sense of a road that goes no further.
• Synonym立ち往生たちおうじょうNeutralStuck where you stand, unable to go forward or back — a stranded vehicle, or being left speechless.
• SynonymデッドロックNeutralA loanword for a deadlock in negotiations or a computer deadlock; a technical, diplomatic term.
• Synonym膠着こうちゃくWrittenWritten/formal prose for a locked, motionless stalemate; mostly used of war situations and negotiations.
• Synonym膠着状態こうちゃくじょうたいWrittenThe fuller form of 「膠着」: a locked stalemate with neither side yielding; common in news reports. Written/formal.
• Related袋小路ふくろこうじNeutralLiterally a dead-end alley; a vivid metaphor for a predicament with no way out.
• Antonym打開だかいNeutralBreaking through a deadlock; the opposite of 「行き詰まり」, which describes being stuck in one.
• Antonym進展しんてんNeutralProgress; the opposite of the stagnation that 「行き詰まり」 describes.

Use 「行き詰まり」 when work, talks, or life hits a deadlock and cannot go on, as in 「経営の行き詰まり」. For running out of options say 「手詰まり」, for a locked stalemate 「膠着状態」, for a dead end 「袋小路」. The opposite is 「打開」.

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1. ゆきづまること。また、そのような場所ばしょや状態じょうたい。