去
去

gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce

5 strokesFrequency 440JLPT N3Grade 3

On

キョコ

Kun

さ.る-さ.る

Nanori

い

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Common Words

過去かこNounFreq #853
1

Adverb (fukushi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

the past; bygone days

Examples
私はいつまでも過去にこだわらないようにと心がけている。
I try not to dwell on the past.
2

one's past (that one would prefer remained secret)

3

Grammar

past (tense); preterit; preterite

4

Buddhism

previous life

去る避るさるFreq #1055
1

Godan verb; Intransitive verb

to leave; to go away

Examples
１９００年に彼はイギリスを去り、そのまま二度と戻らなかった。
In 1900, he left England, and he never returned.
2

Godan verb; Intransitive verb

to pass; to elapse

Examples
古き良き時代は去って、二度ともどってこない。
The good old days have gone, never to return.
3

Godan verb; Intransitive verb

to be distant

4

Godan verb; Transitive verb

to send away; to drive off; to divorce

5

Auxiliary verb; Godan verb; After a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb

to (do) completely

6

去る only; Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

last ... (e.g. "last April")

Examples
去る６月に私の姉は高校の教師と結婚した。
My sister married a high school teacher last June.
去年きょねんこぞNounAdverbFreq #2327
1

last year

Examples
ビルは去年の秋に私に会いに来た。
Bill came to see me last autumn.
立ち去る立去るたちさるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #3480
1

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

Examples
私は彼の墓を立ち去り難かった。
I hesitated to leave his grave.
消え去るきえさるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #5376
1

to disappear; to vanish

Examples
水夫たちは海のもくずと消え去った。
The sailors perished in the sea.
走り去るはしりさるGodan verbFreq #6230
1

to run away; to run off

Examples
その車は全速力で走り去った。
Away went the car at full speed.
置き去り置去りおきざりNounFreq #6610
1

Usu. as 置き去りにする

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

Examples
彼女は自分の子供たちを置きざりにした。
She abandoned her children.
連れ去る連去るつれさるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #6829
1

to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

Examples
彼は警官に連れ去られた。
He was taken away by a policeman.
過ぎ去る過去るすぎさるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #7771
1

to pass; to pass by

Examples
くる日もくる日も同じように過ぎ去った。
All the days went by, one like another.
消し去るけしさるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #9049
1

to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

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