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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
2. to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
Alt. forms
やってくる
72%
やって来くる
27%
遣やって来くる
Pitch accent
や
ってく
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Top 800
Conjugations...Used in: 4691
Composed of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
Examples (98 in total)
Someone came.
Ramadan came.
He is the least likely to come.
He came even though I told him not to.
Summer has arrived at last.
He came from far away.
An old man came along.
That day shall come.
Spring will be here before long.
Cold weather is coming.
Spring will soon come.
Death is certain to come to everybody.
A few days later, he came.
The day of the picnic has arrived.
He will come sooner or later.
She will come if you ask her.
Summer seems to have come at last.
It's about time for him to get here.
Several students came to the library.
Many friends came to see me off.
Ken came up to me.
Christmas will soon come around.
As was often the case with him, he came late.
Tom came to Japan from Australia.
I was able to see him coming through the window.
Locusts came in big swarms.
He came all the way from Chicago.
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.
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.
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.
He came when I was out.
A large truck came around the corner.
A group of boys were coming up to me.
Whether he will come at all is doubtful.
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.
My aunt will come here for a week.
He makes frequent visits to Japan on business.
There is little hope that she will come on time.
And people were constantly coming to be baptized.
He asked me whether she was coming.
Every day the boy would come.
So far I have been getting along well with my friends.
I came to this country for the purpose of studying music.
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.
If you try your best now, happiness will come to you.
The time has come when I must tell you the truth.
The day came at last when he had to part from her.
When he came, we were having dinner.
She came to Tokyo with a view to getting a new job.
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.
Today's paper says that another typhoon is on its way.
There were lots of people on the street when the parade came by.
Many clients come to that lawyer for advice.
Mary has always been successful in everything she has done.
People came from far and wide to hear the President's speech.
To our surprise, Tom came to our party with Mary.
Politicians are always telling us that better times are just around the corner.
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.
He emphasized that tens of thousands of people would come to that concert.
The first immigrants in American history came from England and the Netherlands.
Many migratory birds come to this pond every year in winter.
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.
I'm from another planet.
No less than 1,000 people came to the party.
He came here ten minutes ago.
Halley's Comet comes round once every eighty years.
It was ten years ago that he first came to Japan.
The day will soon come when we will be able to predict earthquakes.
These men had come to his country in three ships.
Our ancestors came to this country 150 years ago.
She told me that she came all the way from Hokkaido to see her brother.