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► 動詞
行く  [(2)いく]    meaning:  go  rank: 1
☆ 彼女食料品いに行った ⇨ She’s gone to buy groceries
☆ 電車仕事に行く ⇨ I go to work by train
☆ 私達ラーメンべに行った ⇨ We went out to get some ramen
☆ 計画思っ通りに行かなかった ⇨ The plan didn’t go as expected
☆ がどこか行っちゃった ⇨ The key has gone somewhere. The key is missing. I can’t find the key

行く  [(2)いく]  [旨く行く]    meaning:  go  rank: 1
☆ 何回試してもく行かない ⇨ No matter how many times I try it doesn’t go well
☆ 行っホッとした ⇨ Everything went well and I am relieved

行ける  [いける]  [行く]    meaning:  go  rank: 1
☆ 仕事があるから今日は行けない ⇨ I got work so I can’t go today  (☛ Can go)
☆ 行けるまで行こう ⇨ Let’s go as far as we can go  (☛ Can go)

行く  [(2)ゆく]  [liter]    meaning:  go  rank: 1
☆ を行く ⇨ I go my way  (☛ The real correct pronunciation of いく, even though in the modern conversations いく is almost always used)

いらっしゃる  [(4)いらっしゃる]  [coll]  [respect]    meaning:  go  rank: 2
☆ どちらへいらっしゃるんですか? ⇨ Where are you going?

渡る  [わたる]  [liter]    meaning:  go  rank: 2
☆ 米国渡った ⇨ He went, immigrated, to the US

出勤  [しゅっきん]  [出勤する]    meaning:  go  rank: 3
☆ 土日も出勤している ⇨ He is going to work even on weekends  (☛ Go to work, arrive at the workplace)

出社  [しゅっしゃ]  [出社する]    meaning:  go  rank: 3
☆ 未だ出社していない ⇨ He still has not come to his office  (☛ Go to work, arrive at the workplace)

出動  [しゅつどう]  [出動する]    meaning:  go  rank: 3
☆ 消防隊火事現場に出動した ⇨ The firefighters were mobilized to the scene of fire  (☛ Military, police, firefighters to go to the scene)

通行  [つうこう]  [通行する]  [liter]    meaning:  go  rank: 3
☆ が通行している人達突っ込んだ ⇨ A car ran into people walking by

繰り出す  [(3)くりだす]    meaning:  go  rank: 4
☆ に繰り出した ⇨ Our big group went to the town in the evening  (☛ Go somewhere in droves)

しけこむ  [しけこむ]  [coll]    meaning:  go  rank: 4
☆ あの二ホテル部屋にしけこんだ ⇨ Those two disappeared into a hotel room  (☛ A man and a woman to go somewhere to have sex)

行き交う  [(3)ゆきかう]  [liter]    meaning:  go  rank: 4
☆ を行き交う人々 ⇨ People who pass by in the city

► 名詞
出勤  [しゅっきん]    meaning:  go  rank: 3
☆ は出勤途中事故遭った ⇨ He had an accident on his way to work  (☛ Go to work, arrive at the workplace)

出動  [しゅつどう]    meaning:  go  rank: 3
☆ に出動要請をした ⇨ The prefecture requested the military to be mobilized  (☛ Military, police, firefighters to go to the scene)

通行  [つうこう]  [liter]    meaning:  go  rank: 3
☆ この一方通行だ ⇨ This is a one-way street

無駄足  [むだあし]    meaning:  go  rank: 4
☆ まで行ったがまっていて無駄足を踏んだ ⇨ I went to the store but it was closed, and it was a waste of time  (☛ Literally “wasted feet”. Go somewhere and come back empty-handed)

► 接尾辞
行き  [いき]    meaning:  go  rank: 2
☆ 東京行きの列車 ⇨ A Tokyo-bound train