行(い)く

いく

verb (godan)

to go

1. to go, to move (toward a destination)

Expresses movement away from the speaker's current location toward a destination. The opposite of 来(く)る (to come). Used when the speaker is not at the destination.

学校(がっこう)に行(い)く。

I go to school.

一緒(いっしょ)に行(い)きましょう。

Let's go together.

明日(あした)、東京(とうきょう)に行(い)く。

I'm going to Tokyo tomorrow.

買(か)い物(もの)に行(い)かない?

Want to go shopping?

毎年(まいとし)夏(なつ)になると、家族(かぞく)で海(うみ)に行(い)く。子供(こども)たちはいつも楽(たの)しみにしている。

Every summer, our family goes to the beach. The kids always look forward to it.

2. to proceed, to continue

When attached to the te-form of another verb (〜ていく), indicates an action continuing into the future or moving away from the speaker's perspective.

どんどん(どんどん)増(ふ)えて行(い)く。

It keeps increasing.

これから勉強(べんきょう)して行(い)く。

I will continue to study from now on.

少(すこ)しずつ分(わ)かって行(い)く。

I'm gradually beginning to understand.

これからも頑張(がんば)って行(い)きたい。

I want to keep doing my best from now on.

時代(じだい)が変(か)わって行(い)く中(なか)で、私(わたし)たちも新(あたら)しいことを学(まな)んで行(い)かなければならない。

As times change, we too must continue learning new things.

TRANSITIVITY: 自動詞(じどうし) (intransitive). Counterpart: 来(く)る (to come). Pattern: Xに/へ行(い)く (go to X).

ASPECT: ている indicates ongoing action or resulting state. 行(い)っている can mean 'is going' or 'has gone (and is there now).'

COMMON PATTERNS:

学校(がっこう)に行(い)く (go to school)
買(か)い物(もの)に行(い)く (go shopping)
遊(あそ)びに行(い)く (go to hang out)
〜て行(い)く (go and do ~, or do ~ as one goes)

IRREGULAR FORMS:

Te-form: 行(い)って (not 行(い)いて)
Also read as ゆく in literary contexts

The auxiliary 〜ていく indicates continuing into the future or moving away.

行(い)く

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