通つう行こう止どめ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

road closure; traffic suspension

General noun for the state or act of closing a road to traffic.

Road Closed; No Through Road

Expression used on signs and notices; often written as 通行止 or 通行止め.

〈場ば所しょ〉が通つう行こう止どめになるfor a road/area to become closed to traffic
土ど砂しゃ崩くずれでこの先さきの道どう路ろが通つう行こう止どめになった。
The road ahead was closed to traffic due to a landslide.
〈場ば所しょ〉は通つう行こう止どめですused on signs to state a road is closed
この先さき、崖がけ崩くずれのため通つう行こう止どめです。
Road Closed ahead due to a landslide.
通つう行こう止どめを解かい除じょするto lift a road closure
工こう事じが終おわり、通つう行こう止どめが解かい除じょされた。
The construction finished and the road closure was lifted.
通つう行こう止どめの標ひょう識しきa Road Closed sign
橋はしの前まえに通つう行こう止どめの標ひょう識しきが立たてられていた。
A Road Closed sign was set up in front of the bridge.

閉へい鎖さN1sense 1
閉鎖 is a broad term for closing anything (a facility, an account, etc.), while 通行止め specifically means a road or path is blocked to traffic.
封ふう鎖さN1sense 1
封鎖 suggests a deliberate blockade or cordon, often for security reasons, whereas 通行止め is the neutral term for a road being closed to traffic.

開かい通つうN2sense 1
開通 means a road or line opens for traffic, the opposite of 通行止め, which means it is closed.

通つう行こう禁きん止し sense 2
通行禁止 is a permanent rule prohibiting passage (e.g. a one-way street sign), while 通行止め usually indicates a temporary closure due to construction, accidents, or weather.

Compound of 通行 (つうこう, 'passage, traffic') and 止め (どめ, the noun form of 止める 'to stop').