Illustration: A bicycle courier has reached the closed end of a narrow residential alley. A solid concrete wall blocks the full width ahead, and the buildings on either side have no openings or connecting passages.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

行いき止どまり

ikidomari

dead end

Also read ゆきどまり. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. その道みちは行いき止どまりだった。

    The road came to a dead end.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 通とおり抜ぬけられると思おもったら行いき止どまりだった。

    I thought I could get through, but it was a dead end.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 行いき止どまりだ。

    It’s a dead end.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 行止

  • 行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう
  • 止stop; haltOnシKunとまる・とめる・とどめる

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