~てくる (change over time)

grammar

95 sentences

The auxiliary ~てくる attached to a verb te-form, marking a change emerging or developing into the speaker's awareness over time (暑くなってきた 'it's been getting hot', 増えてきた 'has been increasing'), or an ongoing course of action up to the present (ずっと~てきた 'have been V-ing all this time'). Paired with ~ていく for change away from the speaker. Distinct from the motion-only sense of ~てくる ('come carrying / come doing'), which is tagged separately.

95 sentences

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Every time I see a photo of my late mother, something warm wells up in my chest.

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The shelling got more and more intense, so we ran down into the basement.

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I think it'll look different in the long run.

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Their communication may be far more complex than we have thought.

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Just by applying some rouge or lipstick, your expression and smile change more and more.

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The word 'baka' is said to be a bad word, but in the environment where I grew up, I don't think it was considered that bad.

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He starts to look like a cunning, fox-like prime minister who exploits his power to the fullest for his own self-preservation.

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Um... I can hear screaming coming from the women's bath.

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From an ethical standpoint, the overarching principle in technology has been 'responsibility to the present,' but a new concept — 'responsibility to the future' — has emerged.

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The government appears to be desperate to silence the organizations that have been working to raise awareness of the human rights situation in Sudan.

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It's less that they're becoming similar and more that they're 'birds of a feather,' you know.

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Do you intend to throw away everything the clan has painstakingly built up, in an instant?

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I'd been trying not to think about it as much as possible, but the moment you become aware of it, a lonely feeling starts creeping in on you.

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That's fine. They've been selling overpriced, substanceless brand goods and raking in obscene profits all this time. Going forward, they should just do their best to run an honest business.

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It was nice that it was cool, but now it's getting cold.

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Because thunder is now scientifically explained, people no longer believe it's the wrath of god against humans. So thunder isn't as frightening as it used to be.

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Prophets have foretold the end of the world for centuries.

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His life brightened up when his daughter came home.

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It seems to me that each year gradually gets warmer.

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Bees attacked without mercy.

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My mother has borne her grief admirably.

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She has been getting steadily better since being hospitalized.

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She has been through many painful experiences.

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She has poured her energy into helping the poor in that area.

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She's gradually been getting used to country life.

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She's started looking older all of a sudden.

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She's been cheating on her husband for years.

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She's been getting better at English.

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When she saw that photo, the memories came flooding back.

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Amid all this, the field that has made the most rapid progress is IT.