ゆく

See also: いく

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of ゆく – see the following entries.
【行いく】
[verb] to go; to come to one's place
[verb] (of a letter) to 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, 之く, 征く, イく
【逝いく】
[verb] to die, to pass away
[verb] イく, 行く: (nonstandard) to have an orgasm
Alternative spellings
イく, 行く
(This term, ゆく (yuku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ゆく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゆく.)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *yukəpu (“to rest”).

Alternative forms

Noun

ゆく • (yuku) 

  1. (regional, Kagoshima) to rest
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