| Example in Japanese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| なんだよ いきない | Give me a little more. Don't be shy. Come on. |
| いきます | Okay, everybody. |
| 食事ですよ。今、いきます。 | Dinner's ready. I'm coming. |
| もちろんです｡ (女性)いきます｡ | Sure. - I'm taking it. |
| じゃ いきます 動いてるみたいね | Here we go. - Yeah! - Oh! |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | bly,leef | Albanian | jetoj |
| Arabic | حي, عاش, عش | Azeri | yaşamaq |
| Catalan | viure | Danish | bo, leve |
| Dutch | leven, wonen, worden | English | live |
| Faroese | búgva, liva | Finnish | asua, budjata, elellä, elää |
| French | vivre | German | ausleben, leben, wohnen |
| Greek | ζω, ζώ | Hebrew | חי |
| Hungarian | él, éldegél | Italian | campare, vivere, viversi |
| Latvian | dzīvot | Lithuanian | gyventi, nugyventi, pagyventi |
| Macedonian | живее | Maltese | għex |
| Norwegian | bo, leve, live | Persian | زندگی کردن |
| Polish | dożyć, mieszkać, mięszkać, przemieszkać, przeżywać, żyć | Portuguese | morar, viver |
| Quechua | kawsay | Romanian | custa, trăi, viețui |
| Russian | дожить, жить, поживать, проживать, прожить, сожительствовать | Spanish | vivir |
| Swedish | leva | Thai | ดำรงชีวิต, มีชีวิต, เลี้ยงชีพ, อาศัย |
| Turkish | kont gibi yaşamak, yasamak, yaşamak, yaşanmak, yaşarmak, yaşatmamak, yaşayabilmek | Vietnamese | sinh sống, sống |