行いき止どまり

noun

dead end; no through road; cul-de-sac

Refers to a physical road or path that does not continue; also used on signage.

• この道みちは行いき止どまりです。

  This road is a dead end.

• 行いき止どまりの標ひょう識しきを見みて、引ひき返かえした。

  I saw the 'no through road' sign and turned back.

noun

end; limit; as far as one can go

Figurative or extended use: the furthest point one can reach, the end of a process, or the limit of a situation.

• 交こう渉しょうは行いき止どまりに達たっした。

  The negotiations reached a dead end.

• この方ほう法ほうでは行いき止どまりだ。

  We've hit a dead end with this method.