行いく

godan verb (iku/yuku class), intransitive verb

go; move toward; leave for

Basic motion away from the current point or toward a destination. Takes destinations with に, へ, or a place plus まで; contrasts with 来る, which is motion toward the speaker or reference point.

See also: 来る

• 明日あした、京きょう都とへ行いく。

  I’m going to Kyoto tomorrow.

• 彼かれは朝あさ早はやく会かい社しゃに行いった。

  He went to work early in the morning.

godan verb (iku/yuku class), intransitive verb

go along; travel across; move through

Used with a route, road, area, or space marked by を to describe moving along or through it, rather than simply going to a destination.

• 山やま道みちをゆっくり行いった。

  We went slowly along the mountain path.

godan verb (iku/yuku class), intransitive verb

go well or badly; proceed; turn out; get along

Common in abstract expressions such as うまくいく, 順調にいく, and 彼とはうまくいかない. Kana is very common in these idioms.

• 計けい画かくはうまくいっている。

  The plan is going well.

• 彼かの女じょとは最さい近きんうまくいっていない。

  I haven’t been getting along well with her lately.

godan verb (iku/yuku class), intransitive verb

go with a choice; do it in a certain way; try

Often used as 〜でいく: choose that option, method, style, or plan and proceed with it. It can sound casual and decision-oriented.

• 昼ちゅう食しょくはラーメンでいこう。

  Let’s go with ramen for lunch.

• まずはこの方ほう法ほうでいってみよう。

  Let’s try going with this method first.

godan verb (iku/yuku class), intransitive verb

pass; go by

Used of time, seasons, or years passing. In modern Japanese this is often literary or set-phrase-like, as in 行く春 or 行く年.

• 行ゆく春はるを惜おしんで、桜さくらを見みに行いった。

  We went to see the cherry blossoms, reluctant to see spring pass.

godan verb (iku/yuku class), intransitive verb

flow; stream

A poetic or literary use for something flowing or streaming through a place. In ordinary modern prose, 流れる is usually the more direct verb for physical flowing.

• 「野のを行ゆく川かわ」のように、水みずの流ながれを詩し的てきに表あらわすことがある。

  Expressions like “a river going through the fields” can poetically describe the flow of water.

godan verb (iku/yuku class), intransitive verb

die; pass away

Only when written 逝く

Euphemistic written use for death; this sense is usually written 逝く rather than 行く.

• 祖そ父ふは九きゅう十じゅっ歳さいで逝いった。

  My grandfather passed away at the age of ninety.

godan verb (iku/yuku class), intransitive verb

reach a stage; get to an extent; go so far as

Used when a matter, discussion, number, age, or process reaches a certain point or extent, often with まで or そこまで.

• 話はなしはそこまで行いかなかった。

  The discussion didn’t go that far.

• 売うり上あげは一いち億おく円えんまで行いった。

  Sales reached one hundred million yen.

godan verb (iku/yuku class), intransitive verb

reach; arrive

Used when information, instructions, contact, wind, or a similar thing reaches someone or somewhere. 届く is often the more literal verb for 'reach,' but 連絡が行く is common.

• 連れん絡らくが全ぜん員いんに行いっていない。

  The message has not reached everyone.

auxiliary verb, godan verb (iku/yuku class)

continue to; go on doing; gradually become

Auxiliary verb after the -て form: 〜ていく. It shows continuing from now on, moving away from the present, or gradual progress/change. In casual speech the い may be omitted, as in 〜てく.

• これからも日本にほん語ごを勉べん強きょうしていく。

  I will keep studying Japanese from now on.

• 人じん口こうは少すこしずつ減へっていく。

  The population will gradually decrease.

godan verb (iku/yuku class), intransitive verb

orgasm; come; cum

Colloquial sexual use, often written in kana or katakana as いく or イク. This is explicit and can sound vulgar depending on context.

• 彼かの女じょはイクふりをした。

  She pretended to orgasm.

godan verb (iku/yuku class), intransitive verb

trip; get high; have a drug-induced hallucination

Slang use referring to being high or hallucinating from drugs. This is limited, colloquial, and usually written in kana rather than kanji.

• 彼かれは薬くすりでいっているような目めをしていた。

  He had eyes like he was high on drugs.