父(ちち) chichiは wa頭(あたま) atamaが gaはげて hageteきている kiteiru。 My father is starting to go bald. Literal Father [topic-は] head [subject-が] balding coming. はげてきている combines はげる (to go bald) + てくる (change approaching the present) + ている (current state). A three-layer auxiliary stack describing an ongoing, noticeable change. agefamilyappearance~ている (ongoing state)~てくる (change over time)
父(ちち) chichiは wa頭(あたま) atamaが gaはげて hageteきている kiteiru。 My father is starting to go bald. Literal Father [topic-は] head [subject-が] balding coming. はげてきている combines はげる (to go bald) + てくる (change approaching the present) + ている (current state). A three-layer auxiliary stack describing an ongoing, noticeable change. agefamilyappearance~ている (ongoing state)~てくる (change over time)