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5 words matching 'いく' found
いく is the reading of the following word:
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Reading : いく   
prefix
vital; virile; lively  (archaic)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 56,796 which gives a rank of 18,921
• Google Japan frequency rank: 700 (about 1,330,000,000 results)
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いく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
いく
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noun, prefix
1. some; several  (in the form 幾+ctr+か)
2. many  (in the form 幾+ctr+も)
3. how many?; how much?
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 66,515 which gives a rank of 15,854
いく is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 481,000,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
Example sentences:
この
ぎしき
儀式
いく
せだい
世代
わたって
つた
わってきた

This ceremony has been handed down from generation to generation.
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Reading : いく   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 262,000,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
いく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
行く
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Readings : いく    ゆく   
行く can be read in 2 ways: いく (almost always used), ゆく (rare).
irregular godan verb 'iku/yuku', intransitive verb
1. to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach  (see also: 来る:くる)
2. to proceed; to take place  (see also: 旨く行く; い sometimes omitted in auxiliary use)
3. to pass through; to come and go
4. to walk
5. to die; to pass away  (this meaning is restricted to form 逝く)
6. to do (in a specific way)
7. to stream; to flow
auxiliary verb
8. to continue
irregular godan verb 'iku/yuku', intransitive verb
9. to have an orgasm; to come; to cum  (often written with kana only)
10. to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination  (often written with kana only; slang)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
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行く is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 326,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 593
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
せんげつ
先月
かわ
およぎ
きました

Last month I went to the river to swim.
わたし
ったり
たり
している
から
Because she saw "me" walking back and forth.
やまだ
山田
さん
わたし
でんしゃ
電車
ところまで
いっしょ
一緒
ってくれました

Ms. Yamada kindly walked with me to the location of the train I needed to catch.
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いく
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• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 6,000 (about 252,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 288
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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ゆく
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 15,000 (about 45,500,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2528
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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逝く
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Readings : いく    ゆく   
逝く can be read in 2 ways: ゆく (50%), いく (50%).
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 64,000 (about 5,690,000 results)
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往く
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Readings : いく    ゆく   
往く can be read in 2 ways: いく (70%), ゆく (30%).
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 107,000 (about 1,550,000 results)
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いく is a reading of every form of the following word:
生く
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Reading : いく   
Nidan verb (upper class) with `ku' ending (archaic), Yodan verb with `ku' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
1. to live; to exist  (see also: 生きる; archaic)
Nidan verb (lower class) with `ku' ending (archaic), transitive verb
2. to bring to life  (see also: 生ける; archaic)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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生く is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 133,000 (about 744,000 results)
Example sentences:
このままいく120
さい
まで
きそう

If you keep on like this, you'll probably live to reach 120!
かれ
90
さい
まで
きそう

He is likely to live to be ninety.
ひと
だれ
でも
なん
らか
まれながら
さいのう
才能
あるものですそれ
かせる
かどうか
もんだい
問題
です
All men have some natural talent, but the question is whether they can use it or not.
活く
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Reading : いく   
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• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 38,000 (about 14,200,000 results)
いく is the reading of the following word:
畏懼
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Reading : いく   
reverence; awe; fear
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 11 (among the 150,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 24,315 which gives a rank of 116,512
• Google Japan frequency rank: 85,000 (about 2,840,000 results)
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
キ   いく- how many, how much   
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protection   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
tasseled spear
short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
セイ   い    ゆ to die, pass away   
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move
セツ   お to break, fold   おり opportunity; fold   おれる to break (intr), be folded, yield   
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キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
hand
オウ    journey   
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シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
カツ    activity, resuscitation   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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スイ   みず water   
イ   おそ to fear   
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デン   た rice field   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
ク   おそれる to fear   
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