去: to go; leave

去 qù

verb | adverb
: to go; to go to (a place)
: to leave; to depart
: (of a time etc) last
: just passed
: to send
: to remove; to get rid of; to reduce
: to be apart from in space or time
: to die (euphemism)
: to play (a part)
: (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do something
: (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
: (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

去る | さる saru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to leave; to go away
: to pass; to elapse
: to be distant
: to send away; to drive off; to divorce
: (after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb) … completely
: (Pre-noun adjectival) last … (e.g. “last April”)

去ぬ | いぬ inu

godan verb with nu ending
: (Archaism) to go
: to pass (of time)
: to die
: to go bad; to rot
: (Kansai dialect) to go home

去なす | いなす inasu

godan verb with nu ending
: to parry; to sidestep; to let go; to chase away

去年 qu4nian2: last year [きょねん kyonen: last year]

去世 qu4shi4: to pass away; to die [過去る | すぎさる sugisaru OR 身罷る | みまかる mimakaru: to pass; to pass away]

去掉 qu4diao4: to get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to delete; to strip out; to extract

去勢[势] qu4shi4: to neuter; neutered
[去勢 | きょせい kyosei: castration; enervation]

去取 qu4qu3: to accept or reject

下去 xia4qu4: to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw

上去 shang4qu4: to go up

出去 chu1qu4: to go out

進[进]去 jin4qu4: to go in

失去 shi1qu4: to lose

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
進退去就 | しんたいきょしゅう shintai kyoshuu
: (yoji) one’s course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving

去る者追わず | さるものおわず saru mono owazu
: do not chase the one who leaves (Confucius)
OR
去る者は追わず来たる者は拒まず | さるものはおわずきたるものはこばまず saru mono wa owazu kitaru mono wa kobamazu
: do not chase one who leaves, do not reject one who comes

去る者は追わず | さるものはおわず saru mono wa owazu
: Not worth pursuing those who run away

去る者は日々に疎し | さるものはひびにうとし saru mono wa hibi ni utoshi
: Out of sight, out of mind

華を去り実に就く | かをさりじつにつく ka o sari jitsu ni tsuku
: to seek results, not show; to discard the flower for the fruit

*獨生獨死獨去獨來 dokushō dokushi dokuko dokurai
: Alone we are in birth, death, going and coming

一難去ってまた一難 | いちなんさってまたいちなん ichinan satte mata ichinan
: (it’s been) one thing after another

尺去って師の影を踏まず | さんじゃくさってしのかげをふまず sanjaku satte shi no kage o fumazu
: (proverb) a student must never forget to honor their teacher

Chinese common word | expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
去蕪存菁 [去芜存菁] qu4 wu2 cun2 jing1
: lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers; to separate the wheat from the chaff

來去無蹤 [来去无踪] lai2 qu4 wu2 zong1
: come without a shadow, leave without a footprint; to come and leave without a trace

來鴻去燕 [来鸿去燕] lai2 hong2 qu4 yan4
: lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes; fig. always on the move

來龍去脈 [来龙去脉] lai2 long2 qu4 mai4
: the rise and fall of the terrain; (fig.) the whole sequence of events; causes and effects

呼來喝去 [呼来喝去] hu1 lai2 he4 qu4
: to call to come and shout to go; to yell orders; always bossing people around

推來推去 [推来推去] tui1 lai2 tui1 qu4
: to rudely push and pull others; to evade responsibility and push it to others

揚長而去 [扬长而去] yang2 chang2 er2 qu4
: to swagger off; to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind

死去活來 si3 qu4 huo2 lai2
: to hover between life and death; to suffer terribly; within an inch of one’s life

活不下去 huo2 bu4 xia4 qu5
: impossible to make a living; impossible to live on

眉來眼去 mei2 lai2 yan3 qu4
: lit. eyes and eyebrows come and go; to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb

看不過去 kan4 bu5 guo4 qu5
: cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer

繞來繞去 rao4 lai2 rao4 qu4
: meandering and circuitous; to go around in circles and never get anywhere

翻來覆去 fan1 lai2 fu4 qu4
: to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again

聽不進去 ting1 bu4 jin4 qu5
: not to listen; to be deaf to

飛來飛去 fei1 lai2 fei1 qu4
: to fly about; to fly hither and thither; to flit; to swarm; to spiral

駕鶴西去 jia4 he4 xi1 qu4
: lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise; fig. to pass away

潑出去的水 po1 chu1 qu4 de5 shui3
: spilled water; (fig.) something that can not be retrieved; spilled milk

哭得死去活來 [哭得死去活来] ku1 de5 si3 qu4 huo2 lai2
: to cry one’s heart out

愛得死去活來 [爱得死去活来] ai4 de5 si3 qu4 huo2 lai2
: to be madly in love

也好不到哪裡去 [也好不到哪里去] ye3 hao3 bu4 dao4 na3 li3 qu4
: just as bad; not much better

來無影，去無蹤 [来无影，去无踪] lai2 wu2 ying3 , qu4 wu2 zong1
: lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint; to come and go without a trace

來得容易，去得快 [来得容易，去得快] lai2 de5 rong2 yi4 , qu4 de5 kuai4
: Easy come, easy go

*獨生獨死獨去獨來 [独生独死独去独来] du2 sheng1 du2 si3 du2 qu4 du2 lai2
: Alone we are in birth, death, going and coming

取其精華，去其糟粕 [取其精华，去其糟粕] qu3 qi2 jing1 hua2 , qu4 qi2 zao1 po4
: take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan); keep what is good, discard the rest. You need to be selective when studying. In modernizing the country, don’t accept uncritically all foreign ideas.

呼之即來，揮之即去 [呼之即来，挥之即去] hu1 zhi1 ji2 lai2 , hui1 zhi1 ji2 qu4
: to come when called; ready and compliant; always at sb’s beck and call

舊的不去，新的不來 jiu4 de5 bu4 qu4 , xin1 de5 bu4 lai2
: lit. If the old doesn’t go, the new will not come. You can’t make progress by clinging to old notions.

病來如山倒，病去如抽絲 bing4 lai2 ru2 shan1 dao3 , bing4 qu4 ru2 chou1 si1
: sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk; expect to convalesce slowly

走自己的路，讓人家去說 zou3 zi4 ji3 de5 lu4 , rang4 ren2 jia1 qu4 shuo1
: Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche) Do it my way.

帶著希望去旅行，比到達終點更美好 [带着希望去旅行，比到达终点更美好] dai4 zhe5 xi1 wang4 qu4 lu:3 xing2 , bi3 dao4 da2 zhong1 dian3 geng4 mei3 hao3
: It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.