Japanese

いこう

いこう
Meaning: let's go; shall we go
Part of Speech: Verb, Expression

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present いこう いこわない
Polite いこいます いこいません
Past いこうた いこわなかった
Polite + Past いこいました いこいませんでした
Te-form いこうて いこわなくて
Potential いこえる いこえない
Passive いこわれる いこわれない
Causative いこわせる いこわせない
Causative + Passive いこわされる いこわされない
Imperative いこえ いこうな

Handwriting

い
こ
う

Example

Let's all go to the beach this weekend.

Usage Notes

A kana spelling of the volitional form of 行く, used to suggest going together. In kana alone it can be confused with nouns read いこう, so context matters.

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