行ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行
い Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
行
ゆ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いける [ìkérú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ike̞ɾɯ̟]

(Tokyo) ゆける [yùkérú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ke̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

行(い)ける or 行(ゆ)ける • (ikeru or yukeru) ichidan (stem 行(い)け (ike), past 行(い)けた (iketa))

potential form of 行く (iku) [godan]
1. to be able to go
  - 百円(ひゃくえん)でどこまで行(い)けるか。
    Hyaku-en de doko made ikeru ka.
    How far can I go with 100 yen?
2. to be able to do
  - 行(い)ける！
    Ikeru!
    (This goes well!) I can do it!
3. (usually written in kana) to be good, to be fine
  このワイン結構(けっこう)いけてるね。
  Kono wain kekkō iketeru ne.
  This is quite fine wine, isn't it?
4. to be able to drink
  行(い)ける口(くち)
  ikeru kuchi
  able to down a drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of "行ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	行ける	行け	ike
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	行け	行け	ike
Shūshikei ("terminal")	行ける	いける	ikeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	行ける	いける	ikeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	行けれ	行けれ	ikere
Meireikei ("imperative")	行けよ¹ 行けろ²	いけよ¹ いけろ²	ikeyo¹ ikero²
Key constructions
Passive	-	-	-
Causative	-	-	-
Potential	-	-	-
Volitional	行けよう	いけよう	ikeyō
Negative	行けない行けぬ行けん	いけないいけぬいけん	ikenai ikenu iken
Negative continuative	行けず	いけず	ikezu
Formal	行けます	いけます	ikemasu
Perfective	行けた	いけた	iketa
Conjunctive	行けて	いけて	ikete
Hypothetical conditional	行ければ	いければ	ikereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

いけない (ikenai)