行く

いく· also ゆく、イク

to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)

JLPT N5 Common word Also written 往く

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (iku), Intransitive

    to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
  2. to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
  3. to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
  4. to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
  5. to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
All 12 meanings
  1. to stream; to flow
  2. to die; to pass away
  3. to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
  4. to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
  5. Auxiliary verb, Godan verb (iku)

    to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
  6. Godan verb (iku), Intransitive

    to have an orgasm; to come; to cumColloquial
  7. to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucinationSlang

Forms

PlainPolite
Present行くいく行きますいきます
Negative行かないいかない行きませんいきません
Past行ったいった行きましたいきました
Past negative行かなかったいかなかった行きませんでしたいきませんでした
Te-form行っていって
Potential行けるいける
Passive行かれるいかれる
Causative行かせるいかせる
Volitional行こういこう
Imperative行けいけ
Conditional (ば)行けばいけば
Conditional (たら)行ったらいったら

Example sentences

More examples (10)
  • 君きみも行いくか。

    Are you going, too?

  • 行いかないで。

    Don't go.

  • 行いかないと。

    I have to go.

  • さあ行いこう。

    Now let's go.

  • どこ行いくの?

    Where are you going?

  • 学校がっこうへ行いく。

    I'm going to school.

  • 誰だれが行いくの?

    Who'll go?

  • 市場しじょうに行いく。

    I will go to the market.

  • 行いきなさい。

    Go.

  • 行いくべきだ。

    I ought to go.