Change up to now (auxiliary) in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA Japanese auxiliary after a verb's te form that presents a change as having developed up to now.

Definition in Japanese動詞のて形について、変化が今まで続いてきたことを表します。

Example sentences

• 自転車(じてんしゃ)で通勤(つうきん)する人(ひと)が増(ふ)えてきました。🔊

  More and more people have been cycling to work.

• 通勤(つうきん)が少(すこ)しずつ変(か)わってきました。🔊

  Commuting has been changing little by little.

• 値段(ねだん)がだんだん高(たか)くなってきました。🔊

  Prices have been gradually going up.

Learn it in a lesson

• Describing trends in Japanese: 増えてきました and 変わりつつあります

change up to now (auxiliary) in other languages

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