行き止まり

Japanese
Kanji in this term
行 止
い
Grade: 2		 と > ど
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 行き (iki, “going”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 行く (iku, “to go”)) +‎ 止まり (tomari, “stopping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 止まる (tomaru, “to stop”)).[1][2][3] The tomari changes to domari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

As a noun, first cited to a text from 1686.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いきどまり [ìkídómárí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ikʲido̞ma̠ɾʲi]

Noun

行(い)き止(ど)まり • (ikidomari) 

  1. [from 1686] a dead end, a cul-de-sac, a blind alley

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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