No. 84 in Japanese
いく
"いく" means "to go."
In a sentence
私は明日学校に行く。
I will go to school tomorrow.
Here, '行く' is used in its basic meaning, 'to go', expressing a future action of going to a location.
このプロジェクトは順調に進んでいくはずです。
This project should proceed smoothly.
In this sentence, '行く' is used metaphorically to denote the progression or continuation of an action.
彼はどんどん良くなっていく。
He will keep getting better and better.
Here, '行く' indicates a change or continuation over time towards a positive direction.
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