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やってくる
Meanings
Expression
Verb (irregular)
Usually written in kana
1. to come along; to come around; to turn up
Anyway, he turned up.
2. to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
We have been doing it together all along.
Alt. forms
やってくる
73%
やって来くる
26%
遣やって来くる
Pitch accent
や
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Top 900
Conjugations...Used in: 5146
Composed of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
Examples (141 in total)
Someone came.
I came to Africa.
Ramadan came.
She will be along soon.
He is the least likely to come.
Anyway, he turned up.
He came even though I told him not to.
We have been doing it together all along.
Tomorrow will surely come.
He came from far away.
Summer has arrived at last.
An old man came along.
That day shall come.
Spring will be here before long.
Cold weather is coming.
Customers come one after another.
Sleep came quickly.
I came to the convenience store on the main street.
She arrived in a good mood.
Spring will soon come.
The day to depart has arrived.
Death is certain to come to everybody.
A few days later, he came.
A perfect opportunity has come.
Friday arrived in the blink of an eye.
The day of the picnic has arrived.
The rainy season has arrived.
He will come sooner or later.
She will come if you ask her.
I came up to the front of the store.
She came in company with her mother.
Many customers come to the store.
And then, finally, the two of them arrived.
Summer seems to have come at last.
Someone came over and picked up the ball.
It's about time for him to get here.
Several students came to the library.
I'm from another planet.
Then sleepiness comes right away.
However, the pain I had anticipated did not come.
They came here one after another.
Many friends came to see me off.
A phase where things break will inevitably come.
Ken came up to me.
Christmas will soon come around.
As was often the case with him, he came late.
The Valentine's season has arrived again this year.
Tom came to Japan from Australia.
I was able to see him coming through the window.
Locusts came in big swarms.
They came all the way from Brazil.
The Indians' ancestors arrived from Asia.
Cuckoos visit here in spring.
Bill came all the way from Florida.
Mike is coming to dinner this evening.
He waited until she came.
She came to Japan seven years ago.
People came from the farthest country.
People in the town came to help him.
Tomorrow is another day.
A man came up and spoke to me.
He came to Tokyo in search of employment.
He always makes sure to come on time.
No less than 1,000 people came to the party.
I was about to go out when he came to see me.
Shortly after the accident, the police came.
The student arrived after the examination was over.
She comes to see me from time to time.
One evening a man came to my house.
I've given my best for the company.
The girls came dancing arm in arm.
It was dark, and I could not make out who was coming along the road.
It comes by two or three times a day.
He came when I was out.
A large truck came around the corner.
A group of boys were coming up to me.
A young girl came from a distant foreign country.
I came to the room assigned to me.
Whether he will come at all is doubtful.
Layla, who had finally finished her preparations, arrived.
Brian came to Kate, with his hair wet.
Many swallows will come soon from the south.
I waited and waited and at last John arrived.
All sorts of people came to the exhibition.
He came here all the way from London.
She did not arrive until the concert was over.
My aunt will come here for a week.
For once, Sue came to the meeting on time.
He makes frequent visits to Japan on business.
Halley's Comet comes round once every eighty years.
And people were constantly coming to be baptized.
It was ten years ago that he first came to Japan.
Every day the boy would come.
So far I have been getting along well with my friends.
The time to finally know that answer has come.
I came to this country for the purpose of studying music.
A day like a nightmare ended, and a new day arrived.
Moreover, although it was by chance, the prince of the neighboring country also came.
Alice, who arrived late, secretly whispered in my ear.
He came from a tiny mountain town.
Eventually, they come to a place where many shops line up.
Such a disaster won't come again in my time.
Look at the boy and his dog that are coming this way.
Students came of their own accord to help the villagers.
The day will soon come when we will be able to predict earthquakes.
If you try your best now, happiness will come to you.
These men had come to his country in three ships.
I saw him coming with his briefcase under his arm.
The time has come when I must tell you the truth.
It will just result in the time and effort spent so far being wasted.
When he came, we were having dinner.
You probably think you've managed on your own these past two years, but...
She came to Tokyo with a view to getting a new job.
Then, I got the car moving again and came to the harbor.
They came one after another in a relatively short time.
Some merchants even come from foreign lands, from across the southern sea.
Then we came to Kyoto, where we stayed for a week.
The question whether we should go or stay comes next.
Many foreigners come to Japan for the purpose of studying Japanese.
There were lots of people on the street when the parade came by.
Today's paper says that another typhoon is on its way.
Many clients come to that lawyer for advice.
Our ancestors came to this country 150 years ago.
Mary has always been successful in everything she has done.
People came from far and wide to hear the President's speech.
Politicians are always telling us that better times are just around the corner.
To our surprise, Tom came to our party with Mary.
The time has come for mankind to put an end to the madness and immorality of the arms race.
I hope the day will soon come when we can travel to the moon.
He became, as it were, a kind of hero from a strange land.
The car backs up and turns its nose toward the road it came along.
He emphasized that tens of thousands of people would come to that concert.
She told me that she came all the way from Hokkaido to see her brother.
The first immigrants in American history came from England and the Netherlands.
Many migratory birds come to this pond every year in winter.
Once everyone had finished preparing, they finally arrived at the door where the boss was waiting.
Having come straight here, I have not yet booked a place to stay.
He came all the way to my office to discuss the plan with me.
In many countries, the main reason that people come to big cities is because of work.
And so, without our being able to turn the situation around, election day finally arrived.
He came here ten minutes ago.