How to say "go" in Japanese

• いくJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb (irregular), intransitive verbThe everyday verb for going: moving towards, heading towards, or leaving for a place. Use it whenever you simply mean that someone goes somewhere, as in going to school or to the station.
  お母かあさん、泳およぎに行いってもいい？↗

  Can I go swimming, Mother?
• 居らっしゃるいらっしゃるJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb (irregular), intransitive verbThe honorific verb for another person's going, coming, or being somewhere; use it to speak respectfully of a superior's or guest's movement, as when asking where a visitor is going.
  お母かあさんはいらっしゃいますか。↗

  Is your mother at home?
• まいるJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbThe humble verb for one's own going or coming, as when politely announcing your arrival at a client's home or office; it is usually written in kana alone.
  ２、３分ぶんしたらそちらにまいります。↗

  I'll be with you in a few minutes.
• 囲碁いごCommon
  nounThe board game go, played with black and white stones on a board; this, not a verb of motion, is the word you want when English 'go' names the game.
• 碁ごJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounThe same board game under its shorter name — the second character of 囲碁; either word refers to the game, with 囲碁 the fuller form of the name.
  碁ごを打うつことが一番いちばんの気晴きばらしだ。↗

  Playing go is my favorite pastime.

For the verb, 「いく」 is the everyday choice, with honorific いらっしゃる for others' actions and humble 「まいる」 for your own; 囲碁 and 碁 both name the board game.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• いくto go
• いらっしゃるto come
• まいるto go
• 囲碁いごgo (board game)
• 碁ごgo (board game)
• いらっしゃいcome
• ゴーgo (signal, sign)
• 出でるいでるto go
• 手談しゅだんgo
• 足を運ぶあしをはこぶto go (to)
• 豆汁ごgo
• それいけgo
• 爛柯らんかgo (board game)
• 参ずるさんずるto come
• 征くゆくto depart (for military service)
• いなくなるto disappear (of people or animals)
• おいでなさるto come
• おいでなさいcome
• 参じるさんじるto come
• おいないcome
• お越しになるおこしになるto come
• 言ういうto go (e.g. "the alarm went ping")
• 動くうごくto operate
• 運ぶはこぶto come
• 失せるうせるto go
• おいでになるto go
• 烏鷺うろgo (game)
• 行ってくるいってくるto go (and then come back)
• おいで(please) come
• 上がるあがるto go
• 走るはしるto go (e.g. bad, to extremes)
• 越すこすto go