行きます（いきます、ikimasu）
- to go

The Japanese word 行きます いきます means "to go" or "I go." It indicates the action of traveling or moving to a place. It's a versatile verb and can be used in various contexts to describe movement.

⚫︎学校へ行きます。 Translation: I go to school. ⚫︎明日、映画館に行きますか？ Translation: Are you going to the movie theater tomorrow? ⚫︎私は日本に行きたいです。 Translation: I want to go to Japan. (Note: 行きたい is the "want to go" form of 行きます)

⚫︎行きます is used to describe your destination. ⚫︎ It is typically used in the present or future tense. ⚫︎ It often follows a place and the particle へ (e.g., 学校へ行きます - "I go to school"). ⚫︎ If the destination is a place where people live or are, the particle に can be used (e.g., 家に行きます - "I go home"). ⚫︎ It can be combined with other verbs to express more complex ideas. For example, 食べに行きます (I go to eat).

⚫︎ This word is written in hiragana as いきます. ⚫︎ The kanji form is 行きます. ⚫︎ The okurigana is きます (the hiragana after the kanji).

⚫︎参ります (まいります) - More polite version of 行きます ⚫︎出かける (でかける) - To go out, to leave ⚫︎向かう (むかう) - To head toward, to go towards

⚫︎来ます (きます) - To come ⚫︎帰ります (かえります) - To return, to go home

週末に公園に行きます。 ・Translation: I will go to the park on the weekend. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the speaker's plan to visit a park during the weekend.

友達とレストランに行きます。 ・Translation: I will go to a restaurant with my friends. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the speaker's plan to go to a restaurant with their friends.

The kanji 行 means "to go" or "to move." It's a common kanji that appears in many other words related to movement and action. The verb form comes from this kanji plus the inflection.