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JLPT N4 Grammar

〜てくる

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N4 · Other · te-form verb + くる

come doing; become over time

te-form verb + くる

てくる can show an action coming toward the speaker or a change continuing up to now.

Use the verb and context to decide whether it is spatial movement or change over time.

最近、日本語のニュースが少し分かってきました。

Recently I have started to understand Japanese news a little.

Do not translate every てくる as 'come'; sometimes it shows a gradual change.

A change moving up to now is てくる.

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