行く（いく）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: to go
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 行きます | いきます |
| te-form | 行って | いって |
| ta-form (past) | 行った | いった |
| nai-form (negative) | 行かない | いかない |
| potential form | 行ける | いける |
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Example sentences
- 来年こそ日本へ行きたい。 — Next year I really want to go to Japan.
- 今度、一緒に映画を見に行こう。 — Let's go see a movie together sometime.
Idioms & proverbs containing “行く”
- 悪事千里を行く (あくじせんりをいく) — bad news travels fast
- 百里を行く者は九十を半ばとす (ひゃくりをゆくものはくじゅうをなかばとす) — don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip; consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90
- 上手を行く (うわてをいく) — to have the upper hand; to surpass (someone)
- 天馬空を行く (てんばくうをゆく) — to advance unobstructed
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See it used in real works
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- Hear “行く” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)