Kanji1 / 8
往 kanji
journey, travel, chase away, let go, going, before, formerly
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
オウ
Kun readings
いくいにしえさきにゆく
Variant forms
徃Words with 往
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2往復Popularmaking a round trip; going and returning; coming and going; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters); keeping company (with); socializing; visiting each other
- —往診Populardoctor's visit; house call
- —往生Popularpassing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed; coercion
- —往年Popularyears gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
- —往来Popularcoming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing; socialising; fellowship; mutual visits; recurring (e.g. thoughts); correspondence
- —既往症Popularillness that one had in the past; previous illness; medical history; anamnesis
- —右往左往Popularmoving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
- —立ち往生Popularbeing brought to a standstill; being stranded; getting stuck; stalling; deadlock; being stumped; being in a dilemma; stopping in one's tracks; standing speechless; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
- —以往after; ... and later; before; prior to
- —往還traffic; coming and going; highway
- —往航outward voyage; outbound flight
- —往事the past; past events
- —往時the past; old times; bygone times; days of yore
- —往信first half of a reply card
- —往昔ancient times
- —往日ancient times
- —往返round trip
- —往訪going to visit (someone); calling on
- —往路outward journey
- —直往going unhesitatingly forward