Meanings
Verb (5-dan, intransitive)
1. to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach
2. to proceed; to take place
い sometimes omitted in auxiliary use
3. to pass through; to come and go
4. to walk
5. to die; to pass away
6. to do (in a specific way)
7. to stream; to flow
Auxiliary verb (5-dan)
Usually written in kana
8. to continue
after the -te form of a verb
Verb (5-dan, intransitive)
Usually written in kana
9. to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
10. to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
Pitch accent
Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (44 in total)
to subsist; to keep on living
on the way; someday
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to be nearing death; to be dying
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to fade; to become dim
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
one's way; one's path
to go out and away; to leave
to pass; to go past
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to change; to shift; to come and go
to darken; to wane
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
to understand; to make out
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
to be nearing death; to be dying
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to fade; to become dim
to change; to shift; to come and go
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
to make progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
to pass; to go past
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
to clear gradually; to get cold gradually
to go out and away; to leave
to understand; to make out
to walk down the road
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
to subsist; to keep on living
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
to darken; to wane
to grow up
the passing year; the old year
(one's) destination
the fading of spring
Examples (200 in total)
I'd like to go.
Hey, don't go.
You've got to go even if you don't want to.