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〜ていく: go on doing; go away; from now on

N4 · 08 Te-form helpers & contractions

Shows a change or action moving away from now: it keeps going, gets further, or continues into the future.

Verb te-form + いく. Direction away from the speaker or from the present: 持っていく (take along), 増えていく (keep increasing), 頑張っていく (keep going from now on). Opposite of 〜てくる.

Examples

I will keep studying Japanese from now on.

You had better take an umbrella with you.

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