いく

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of いく – see the following entries.

【育】3 [affix] raise; bring up; grow up

【郁】J [affix] fragrant; sweet-smelling [affix] cultured; refined

【畏懼】 [noun] (literary) awe [verb] (literary) to fear; to be struck with awe

【偉躯】 [noun] (rare) a big body

【行く】 [verb] to go; to come to one's place [verb] to (a letter) be delivered [verb] to depart [verb] to rely (on a method) [verb] (年が〜) to age [verb] (うまく〜) to go well [verb] (auxiliary, usually spelled in hiragana) After the て-form of a verb: [verb] to continue to do something; to go on to do something [verb] to gradually do something [verb] イく: (slang) to have an orgasm, to come, to cum Alternative spellings 往く, 適く, ゆく, イく

【逝く】 [verb] to die, to pass away [verb] イく, 行く: (nonstandard) to have an orgasm Alternative spellings ゆく, イく, 行く

(This term, いく (iku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as いく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いく.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 粥.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いく [ìkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ikɯ̟]

Etymology 2

Various.

Prefix

いく • (iku-) 

1. 生, 活: (attaches to nouns) vigorous, lively, powerful
2. 幾: (attaches to nouns) implies an indeterminate amount: several, many, much, a lot

Verb

いく • (iku) ^†yodan

1. 生く: to be alive; to come back to life; to be vigorous, to be lively; to make something live, to plant something