行く

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *eku. Cognate with Okinawan 行ちゅん (いちゅん, ichun), Miyako 行きぃ (いきぃ, iksï).

Pronunciation

Verb

行く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana いく, rōmaji iku, alternative reading ゆく, rōmaji yuku)

  1. to go; to come to your place
     (かれ) (きょう) () ()っていたようだ。
    Kare wa Kyōto ni itte ita yō da.
    He seems to have been to Kyoto.
     (およ)ぎに ()ってもいい?
    Oyogi ni itte mo ii?
    May I go swimming?
     (いま) ()よ!
    Ima iku yo!
    I'm coming!
  2. to (a letter) be delivered
  3. to depart
    ゆく (とし)くる (とし)
    Yuku toshi kuru toshi.
    A year departing and a year coming.
  4. () to age
     (かれ) (とし) ()っている。
    Kare wa toshi ga itte iru.
    He is old.
  5. (うまく) to go well
    そう毎度物事 (まいどものごと)はうまく ()かない
    Sō maido monogoto wa umaku ikanai.
    Not every time do things go well.
  6. (slang) to have an orgasm, to come, to cum

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • 往く

Antonyms

See also

References

  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
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