持っていく・持って行く|もっていくmotteiku
もってゆくmotteyuku
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Which spelling to use
持っていく持っていく is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners. It is written with mixed kanji and kana.
持って行く持って行く is less common than 持っていく but is another written form. It uses mixed kanji and kana.
Definitions
- expression, godan verb (irregular)to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 持っていく（もっていく） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 持っていきます（もっていきます） |
| Negative (nai) | 持っていかない（もっていかない） |
| polite (masen) | 持っていきません（もっていきません） |
| classical zu / nu | 持っていかず・持っていかぬ（もっていかず・もっていかぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 持っていいた（もっていいた） |
| polite (mashita) | 持っていきました（もっていきました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 持っていかなかった（もっていかなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 持っていきませんでした（もっていきませんでした） |
| Te form | 持っていいて（もっていいて） |
| Potential | 持っていける（もっていける） |
| Passive | 持っていかれる（もっていかれる） |
| Causative | 持っていかせる（もっていかせる） |
| Causative passive | 持っていかせられる・持っていかされる（もっていかせられる・もっていかされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 持っていけば（もっていけば） |
| tara | 持っていいたら（もっていいたら） |
| Volitional | 持っていこう（もっていこう） |
| polite (mashou) | 持っていきましょう（もっていきましょう） |
| Imperative | 持っていけ（もっていけ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym持参じさんWrittenWritten/formal term for taking or bringing an item along, as in 「弁当持参」 or 「印鑑をご持参ください」; more formal than 「持っていく」.
- Synonym携行けいこうWrittenWritten/formal word for carrying something on one's person, common in rules and regulations, as in 「携行品」.
- Synonym携えるたずさえるWrittenElegant, written/formal verb for carrying something in one's hand or on one's person, as in 「手土産を携える」.
- SynonymけいたいNeutralCarrying something on your person, as in 「携帯品」; also the everyday word for a mobile phone.
- Related連れて行くつれていくNeutralFor taking a person or animal somewhere; 「持っていく」 is for objects, while this takes people and animals.
- Related輸送ゆそうNeutralTransporting people or goods by vehicle, as in 「輸送機」, on any scale; 「持っていく」 is carrying something along in person.
- Related持ち込むもちこむNeutralBringing something into a place, as in 「機内に持ち込む」; the emphasis is on entering the place.
- Related運輸うんゆWrittenWritten/formal term for the transport business, as in 「運輸業」; administrative in flavour, not for carrying things by hand.
- Related運ぶはこぶNeutralMoving or transporting things, as in 「荷物を運ぶ」; stresses shifting something from one place to another.
- Related運送うんそうNeutralCommercial shipping of passengers or freight, as in 「運送会社」; 「持っていく」 is carrying something along yourself.
- Related運搬うんぱんNeutralHauling goods to another location, as in 「運搬作業」; 「持っていく」 is carrying something along in person.
- Related連れるつれるNeutralTaking a person or animal along, as in 「犬を連れる」; its object is a person or animal, not a thing.
- Related搬送はんそうNeutralConveying goods or people, notably patients, as in 「病院に搬送される」; not for simply taking something along with you.
- Related持ち出すもちだすNeutralTaking something out or away; also raising a topic, as in 「話を持ち出す」.
- Related持ち運ぶもちはこぶNeutralCarrying something about or bringing it to a place, as in 「持ち運びに便利」; the focus is on the act of carrying it.
- Related持ち運びもちはこびNeutralNoun for the act of carrying or transporting something, as in 「持ち運びに便利」; 「持っていく」 is a verb.
- Antonym持ってくるもってくるNeutralAntonym: bringing something to where the speaker is, the reverse of taking it away with 「持っていく」.
Use 「持っていく」 to take an object somewhere, as in 「傘を持っていく」. To take a person along, use 「連れていく」; in formal settings where you bring your own item, use 「持参」. For moving goods or people as a job or by vehicle, words like 「運ぶ」 and 「輸送」 fit.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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