particle N5 essential casualpolitewritten
〜へ行く — to go to ~
〜へ行く ・ へいく
Meaning
- go to ~ — movement headed toward a place
Key sentence
来週、京都へ行く。
Next week I'm going to Kyoto.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Noun (place) | N + へ + 行く | 学校 → 学校へ行く |
Examples
友だちと海へ行った。
I went to the sea with a friend.
毎朝、駅まで歩いて行く。
Every morning I walk to the station.
今どこへ行くの？
Where are you going right now?
When you can't use it
- へ marks the direction of movement, so it pairs with motion verbs (行く, 来る, 帰る). It can't mark the place where a static action happens — that role is で: 公園で遊ぶ, never ×公園へ遊ぶ.
Easily confused with
Notes
- The particle へ is written へ but pronounced え.
See 〜へ行く in real sentences
Jengo shows 〜へ行く the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
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