Japanese

Alternative forms

• (to orgasm): イく ‎(iku)

Verb

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

1. to go

   彼 (かれ)は京都 (きょうと)に行 (い)っていたようだ。

   Kare wa kyōto ni itte ita yō da.

   He seems to have been to Kyoto.

   泳 (およ)ぎに行 (い)ってもいい？

   Oyogi ni itte mo ii?

   May I go swimming?

2. come

   今 (いま)行 (い)くよ！

   Ima iku yo!

   I'm coming!

3. (a letter) be delivered
4. depart

   ゆく年 (とし)くる年 (とし)。

   Yuku toshi kuru toshi.

   A year departing and a year coming.

5. age

   彼 (かれ)は年 (とし)が行 (い)っている。

   Kare wa toshi ga itte iru.

   He is old.

6. (of a thing) go on; change

   そう毎度物事 (まいどものごと)はうまく行 (い)かない。

   Sō mai do monogoto wa umaku ikanai.

   Not every time do things go well.

7. (slang) to have an orgasm, to come, to cum

Antonyms

• (to come): 来 (く)る ‎(kuru)

Alternative forms

• 往く

Conjugation

See also

• いらっしゃる ‎(irassharu) (honorific)
• 参 (まい)る ‎(mairu) (humble)

References

1. 1 2 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō