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Grammar › N4 · 08 Te-form helpers & contractions

〜てくる: come and do; start to; has been doing

N4 · 08 Te-form helpers & contractions

Shows an action coming toward the speaker, a change that has begun, or something that has gone on up to now.

Verb te-form + くる. 買ってくる (go buy and come back), 暗くなってきた (it has started to get dark), 慣れてきた (I have gotten used to it). Opposite of 〜ていく.

Examples

I will go buy some tea at the convenience store and come back.

It has been getting colder, hasn't it?

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