ゆく

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See also: いく

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of ゆく – see the following entries.
【行いく】
to go; to come to one's place
to (a letter) be delivered
to depart
to rely (on a method)
(年が〜) to age
(うまく〜) to go well
(auxiliary, usually spelled in hiragana) After the て-form of a verb:
to continue to do something; to go on to do something
to gradually do something
イく: (slang) to have an orgasm, to come, to cum
Alternative spellings
往く, イく
【逝いく】
to die, to pass away
to have an orgasm
(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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