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去る
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 去る.
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Entry
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.
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