I Love Kanji行く (iku)
行く (いく, iku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to go; to move (towards)”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- いく
- Romaji
- iku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb), irregular te-form
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for) · godan verb (行く), intransitive
- to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road) · godan verb (行く), intransitive
- to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along · godan verb (行く), intransitive
- to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try · godan verb (行く), intransitive · oft. as で〜
- to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by · godan verb (行く), intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 行く
Godan verb (う-verb), irregular te-form. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 行く | いく iku |
| Polite (~masu) | 行きます | いきます ikimasu |
| Negative | 行かない | いかない ikanai |
| Polite negative | 行きません | いきません ikimasen |
| Past | 行った | いった itta |
| Polite past | 行きました | いきました ikimashita |
| Negative past | 行かなかった | いかなかった ikanakatta |
| Te-form | 行って | いって itte |
| Potential | 行ける | いける ikeru |
| Passive | 行かれる | いかれる ikareru |
| Causative | 行かせる | いかせる ikaseru |
| Volitional | 行こう | いこう ikou |
| Imperative | 行け | いけ ike |
| Conditional (~ba) | 行けば | いけば ikeba |
Kanji in 行く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 行く.
銀行ぎんこうbank旅行りょこうtravel飛行機ひこうきairplane行うおこなうto perform急行きゅうこうhurrying (to somewhere)飛行場ひこうじょうairfield実行じっこうexecution (e.g. of a plan)行きいきthe way there行きゆきthe way there行儀ぎょうぎmanners行動こうどうaction流行りゅうこうfashion刊行かんこうpublication慣行かんこうcustomary practice
Source: JMdict entry 1578850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.