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赴く · godan verb (-ku)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	赴おもむく	赴おもむかない
Polite	赴おもむきます	赴おもむきません
Past polite	赴おもむきました	赴おもむきませんでした
Past	赴おもむいた	赴おもむかなかった
Te-form	赴おもむいて	赴おもむかないで
Desire	赴おもむきたい	赴おもむきたくない
Potential	赴おもむける	赴おもむけない
Passive	赴おもむかれる	赴おもむかれない
Causative	赴おもむかせる	赴おもむかせない
Causative passive	赴おもむかせられるalso 赴おもむかされる	赴おもむかせられないalso 赴おもむかされない
Volitional	赴おもむこう
Polite volitional	赴おもむきましょう
Imperative	赴おもむけ	赴おもむくな
Conditional	赴おもむけば	赴おもむかなければ
Tara conditional	赴おもむいたら	赴おもむかなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

go toward; proceed to; repair to

Formal or written equivalent of going to a place or proceeding toward a destination, often with に or へ. More elevated than ordinary 行く or 向かう.

調ちょう査さ員いんが現げん地ちへ赴おもむいた。
The investigators went to the site.
彼かれは新あたらしい任にん地ちに赴おもむくことになった。
He was assigned to proceed to his new post.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

follow one's inclination; proceed according to

Used in fixed-feeling expressions such as 心の赴くまま or 気の赴くまま, meaning to act as one's feelings or impulses lead.

週しゅう末まつは心こころの赴おもむくままに町まちを歩あるいた。
On the weekend, I wandered around town wherever my heart led me.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

move toward a state; become; come to face

Formal or somewhat literary use for a condition, illness, discussion, or situation moving toward a particular state; often overlaps with 向かう in modern Japanese.

病びょう状じょうは快かい方ほうに赴おもむいている。
His condition is moving toward recovery.
議ぎ論ろんは次し第だいに結けつ論ろんへ赴おもむいた。
The discussion gradually moved toward a conclusion.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

obey; abide by; consent to

archaic

Archaic use meaning to follow, obey, or agree to someone else's will or words; not a normal modern standalone use.

古こ文ぶんの「主しゅの意いに赴おもむく」は、主しゅ君くんの意い向こうに従したがうという意い味みで読よめる。
In classical writing, 主の意に赴く can be read as meaning to obey one's lord's wishes.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に赴おもむくto proceed to a place (formal, often for duty or business)
彼かれは新あたらしい任にん地ちに赴おもむくことになった。
He was assigned to proceed to a new post.
心こころの赴おもむくままに〈動どう詞し〉to do something following one's inclination or whim
休きゅう日じつは心こころの赴おもむくままに絵えを描かいて過すごした。
On my day off, I spent the time painting just as my heart moved me.

Expressions

快かい方ほうに赴おもむくimprove; get better; convalesce
盛せい大だいに赴おもむくgrow in prosperity; flourish; thrive

Kanji

赴proceed, get, become
趣purport, gist, elegance
趨run, go, quick

Related words

行いくN5sense 1
行く is the plain, everyday verb for going somewhere, while 赴く is a formal, literary word for proceeding to a destination.
進すすむN4sense 4
進む is the neutral verb for progressing or advancing toward a state, while 赴く in this sense is more formal and literary.
従したがうN3
従う is the standard modern verb for obeying or following orders, while 赴く's obeying sense is archaic and rarely used today.
向むかうN4sense 1
向かう is the common modern verb for heading toward or facing something, whereas 赴く carries a more formal, written tone.
出で向むくN1sense 1
出向く specifically means to go in person to attend to some business, while 赴く is broader and more literary in tone.

Don't confuse with

向むくN3sense 1
向く means to face or turn toward a direction, while 赴く means to actually go or proceed toward a destination or state.

Written forms

赴おもむくUsage76%
Standard kanji form, especially for going or proceeding toward a place, post, or situation.
おもむくUsage23%
趣おもむくUsage1%
Attested alternate kanji form; much less common than 赴く in modern writing.
趨おもむくUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form marked as rarely used.

Etymology

A native Japanese verb written with kanji associated with proceeding or moving toward something. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; 趣く and 趨く are alternate attested spellings, with 趨く rare.