"行き止まり" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ikʲido̞ma̠ɾʲi] Forms: 行き止まり [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), ikidomari [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 行(い)き (iki, “going”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 行(い)く (iku, “to go”)) + 止(と)まり (tomari, “stopping”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 止(と)まる (tomaru, “to stop”)). The tomari changes to domari as an instance of rendaku (連濁). As a noun, first attested in 1686. Etymology templates: {{ja-lg|ren'yōkei}} ren'yōkei, {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|行く|いく|to go|pos=|rom=}} 行(い)く (iku, “to go”), {{ja-ryk|行く|いく|to go|nodot=1}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 行(い)く (iku, “to go”), {{ja-lg|ren'yōkei}} ren'yōkei, {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|止まる|とまる|to stop|pos=|rom=}} 止(と)まる (tomaru, “to stop”), {{ja-ryk|止まる|とまる|to stop|nodot=1}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 止(と)まる (tomaru, “to stop”), {{ja-com|行き|いき|止まり|とまり|pos1=連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (<i>ren'yōkei</i>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 行(い)く (<i>iku</i>, “to go”)|pos2=連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (<i>ren'yōkei</i>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 止(と)まる (<i>tomaru</i>, “to stop”)|t1=going|t2=stopping}} 行(い)き (iki, “going”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 行(い)く (iku, “to go”)) + 止(と)まり (tomari, “stopping”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 止(と)まる (tomaru, “to stop”)), {{ja-lg|rendaku}} rendaku, {{rendaku2|tomari|domari|sort=いきどまり}} The tomari changes to domari as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|いきどまり}} 行(い)き止(ど)まり • (ikidomari)
  1. a dead end, a cul-de-sac, a blind alley Wikipedia link: Daijisen, ja:松村明
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