連れて行く・連れていく・連れてゆく・つれて行く|つれていくtsureteiku

Common
つれてゆくtsureteyuku
Which spelling to use
連れて行く連れて行く is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners. It is written with kanji and kana.
連れていく連れていく is a less common written variant of 連れて行く. Beginners should generally choose 連れて行く instead.
連れてゆく連れてゆく is less common than 連れて行く and 連れていく. It is another written variant of the same expression.
つれて行くつれて行く is the least common of these forms. It is a written variant, but beginners should use 連れて行く instead.
Definitions
  1. godan verb (irregular), transitive verbto take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
    どうして私をつれていってくれないの。↗
    How come you aren't taking me?
Conjugation
Dictionary form連れて行く(つれていく)
Polite (masu)連れて行きます(つれていきます)
Negative (nai)連れて行かない(つれていかない)
polite (masen)連れて行きません(つれていきません)
classical zu / nu連れて行かず・連れて行かぬ(つれていかず・つれていかぬ)
Past (ta)連れて行いた(つれていいた)
polite (mashita)連れて行きました(つれていきました)
Past negative (nakatta)連れて行かなかった(つれていかなかった)
polite (masen deshita)連れて行きませんでした(つれていきませんでした)
Te form連れて行いて(つれていいて)
Potential連れて行ける(つれていける)
Passive連れて行かれる(つれていかれる)
Causative連れて行かせる(つれていかせる)
Causative passive連れて行かせられる・連れて行かされる(つれていかせられる・つれていかされる)
Conditional (ba)連れて行けば(つれていけば)
tara連れて行いたら(つれていいたら)
Volitional連れて行こう(つれていこう)
polite (mashou)連れて行きましょう(つれていきましょう)
Imperative連れて行け(つれていけ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym連れるつれるNeutralTaking someone along, usually as 「〜を連れて」; the verb itself carries no direction of movement, whereas 「連れて行く」 stresses taking the person elsewhere.
  • Synonym同行どうこうNeutralGoing along with someone; leans formal, as in 「警察に同行する」. It stresses travelling together rather than taking a person with you.
  • Synonym伴うともなうWrittenWritten/formal prose for taking a person along, as in 「秘書を伴う」.
  • Synonym召し連れるめしつれるWrittenHonorific and old-fashioned, for taking attendants along; not used in daily life, seen mainly in period dramas or old written narratives.
  • Synonym同道どうどうWrittenWritten and old-fashioned, for travelling the same road together; rarely used — say 「一緒に行く」 in everyday speech.
  • Related連れ込むつれこむNeutralBringing someone into a place, often with an improper nuance, as in 「ホテルに連れ込む」.
  • Antonym残すのこすNeutralTo leave (someone or something) behind; the opposite of taking a person away with 「連れて行く」.
  • Antonym置いて行くおいていくNeutralTo leave someone or something behind instead of taking them along; the opposite of 「連れて行く」.

Use 「連れて行く」 to take a person or animal somewhere, as in 「子供を公園に連れて行く」. For taking a thing, say 「持って行く」; for formal accompanying, 「同行する」. 「連れる」 just means having someone with you, usually as 「〜を連れて」, with no sense of heading elsewhere.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. ある人ひとと一緒いっしょに、どこかへ行いく。また、その人ひとをそこへ導みちびく。
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