袋ふくろ小こう路じ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a physical street or path that ends with no exit.

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返かえ

そう

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This road is a dead end, so let's turn back.

2

Figurative use for a situation where no progress can be made, such as in negotiations or problem-solving.

〈場ば所しょ〉が袋ふくろ小こう路じになっているa place is a dead end
この道みちは先さきが袋ふくろ小こう路じになっている。
This road turns into a dead end further ahead.
〈事こと〉が袋ふくろ小こう路じに陥おちいるa matter falls into a deadlock
交こう渉しょうは袋ふくろ小こう路じに陥おちいってしまった。
The negotiations fell into a deadlock.
袋ふくろ小こう路じに入はいり込こむto wander into a dead end / get stuck in an impasse
車くるまで袋ふくろ小こう路じに入はいり込こんでしまい、引ひき返かえすしかなかった。
袋ふくろ小こう路じから抜ぬけ出だすto break out of an impasse
議ぎ論ろんを袋ふくろ小こう路じから抜ぬけ出だすために新あたらしい視し点てんが必ひつ要ようだ。

行いき止どまりN1sense 1
行き止まり is the everyday word for a physical dead end, while 袋小路 is slightly more formal and also extends naturally to figurative impasses.
膠こう着ちゃく状じょう態たい sense 2
膠着状態 is a formal term for a stalled situation with no movement, closely matching the figurative sense of 袋小路 in negotiations or disputes.
難なん局きょく sense 2
難局 describes a difficult, critical situation in general, whereas 袋小路 specifically emphasizes that no way forward exists.
袋ふくろN4
袋 can alone mean a dead end, but 袋小路 is the fuller, more commonly used compound specifically meaning a dead-end street.

逃にげ道みちN1
袋小路 is a dead end with no way out, the opposite of a 逃げ道 which provides an escape.

路ろ地じN1sense 1
路地 is a general narrow alley or lane that may or may not have an exit, while 袋小路 specifically means an alley that dead-ends.

Compound of 袋 (fukuro, 'bag') and 小路 (kōji, 'alley'), literally meaning a 'bag-like alley' with no exit.

We drove into a dead-end street and had no choice but to turn back.

A new perspective is needed to break the discussion out of its deadlock.