Kanji

去

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

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

5 strokes

Radical

厶部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キョ, コ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

さる, -さる

Nanori (Name Reading)

さる, なる

Common Readings

キョ, コ, さ…る

Example sentences

過去 かこ
過去の失敗を振り返ります。

Looking back on past failures.

恨む うらむ
いつまでも過去を恨んでいても、何も始まらない。

Even if you hold a grudge against the past forever, nothing will start.

去る さる
冬が去って春が来た。

Winter has gone and spring has come.

平穏 へいおん
嵐が去り、村に平穏な日々が戻ってきた。

After the storm passed, peaceful days returned to the village.

去年 きょねん
去年、北海道へ行きました。

I went to Hokkaido last year.

だった だった
去年の旅行は楽しい時間だった

Last year's trip was a fun time.

立ち去る たちさる
彼女は何も言わずにその場を立ち去った。

She left the place without saying a word.

告げる つげる
彼は別れを告げずに立ち去った

He left without saying goodbye.

消え去る きえさる
彼の姿は人混みの中に消え去った。

His figure vanished into the crowd.

忘却 ぼうきゃく
その出来事は忘却の彼方へと消え去った。

The event faded into the distance of oblivion.

Example Vocabulary

過去

かこ

the past; previous times

去る

さる

to leave; to go away; to pass (time/season).

去年

きょねん

last year

立ち去る

たちさる

to leave; to depart; to walk away

消え去る

きえさる

to disappear; to vanish

走り去る

はしりさる

to run away; to drive off

置き去り

おきざり

leaving behind; desertion; neglect

連れ去る

つれさる

to take away; to kidnap; to abduct

消し去る

けしさる

to erase; to wipe out; to remove completely

過ぎ去る

すぎさる

to pass by; to pass

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