行く (いく) — to go
行く
to go
Frequency #30
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 2
2 characters
auxiliary verb
godan verb (iku/yuku)
intransitive
action
iku
いく
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
いく[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- to go
Explained in simple Japanese
- いる ところから はなれて、ほかの ところへ むかう。
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Usage examples
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部屋の反対側へ袋を取りに行く。
Heya no hantai gawa e fukuro o tori ni iku.
Go and get a bag from the other side of the room.
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Verb forms
| Meaning | Plain | Polite |
|---|---|---|
| Present |
行く いく |
行きます いきます |
| Present 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 |
行きまして いきまして |
| Potential |
行ける いける |
行けます いけます |
| Potential negative |
行けない いけない |
行けません いけません |
Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.
Related Words
Grammar Points
Grammar patterns commonly used with 行く.
に
Particles
destination
へ
Particles
direction / destination
から
Particles
from (origin in time or space)
〜て
Verb forms
connective form (and then, and)
〜た
Verb forms
plain past affirmative
〜ない
Verb forms
plain negative (don't / doesn't / not)
〜ます
Verb forms
polite non-past affirmative
〜ば
Conditionals
if (hypothetical conditional)
Sharing same tag — action
Kanji
Words
- 来る to come auxiliary verb intransitive kuru verb (irregular)
- 行く to go godan verb (iku/yuku) intransitive
- 書く to write godan verb (-ku) transitive
- 読む to read godan verb (-mu) transitive
- 見る to see auxiliary verb ichidan verb transitive
- 聞く to hear godan verb (-ku) transitive
- 食べる to eat ichidan verb transitive
- 飲む to drink godan verb (-mu) transitive
- 歩く to walk godan verb (-ku) intransitive
- 走る to run godan verb (-ru) intransitive