〜てきました~te kimashita

How it works

1. 

   How has the price of the same bread changed? Follow the timeline and compare then and now.

2. 

   「てきました」 describes a state or change continuing from the past up to now. The focus is on that process.

3. 

   Attach it to a verb’s て-form: 上がる→上がって＋きました. In the picture, the price has kept rising up to now.

4. 

   Use it when discussing changes in population or prices to look back at how they have developed up to now.

5. 

   Feelings can change too. 「心配になってきました」 means you have gradually begun to feel worried now.

6. 

   Here, 「きました」 brings the change up to the present. It does not mean a person or thing has physically come here.

7. 

   Although it uses the past form 「ました」, the focus is still on now. It does not mean the change has ended.

8. 

   In the examples, 「年々」 and 「少しずつ」 show the pace of change. These words add the sense of gradual progress.

Example sentences

• このkono町まちmachiでdeは、わ、wa、高齢者こうれいしゃkoureishaのno数かずkazuがga年々ねんねんnennen増えふえfueてte

In a conversation

Check yourself

1. Level 1 · Recognise

   Which sentence is correct?

   Aニュースの報道を見て、物価の値上がりに納得してきました。Bニュースの報道を見て、物価の値上がりに納得しました。Cニュースの報道を見て、物価の値上がりに納得していました。Dニュースの報道を見て、物価の値上がりに納得していきました。

2. Level 1 · Recognise

   Listen and choose the meaning

   AThe number of users of local public transportation has been decreasing.BNew shops in front of local stations have been increasing.CIn this town, the number of people commuting by car has been increasing.DLocal bus routes have gradually been reviewed.

3. Level 2 · Build

   Put the words in order

   In this town, the number of elderly people has been increasing year by year.

   増えてきました。高齢者の数が年々増えておきました。この町では、
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4. Level 3 · Use

   What goes in the blank?

   この町では、高齢者の数が年々____。

   In this town, the number of elderly people has been increasing year by year.

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More grammar in this theme

• 〜てきましたchange continuing until now

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