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Movement towards and Away from Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Movement towards and Away from

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

V-ていく vs V-てくる

USAGES:
1) To emphasize moving away / moving towards the speaker.
2) Expressing how you go or come どうやって…
3) To go do something and come back / before coming back
4) To contin­ue/keep doing something / to grow
5) Getting / becoming more and more; the beginning of a gradual change

1 meaning. “MOVEMENT away / towards”

V-ていく “To go and…; away”
V-てくる “To come and…; towards”
   
痛いの痛いの­【飛ん­で】と­んで行け。
Pain, pain, go away!
【隣】となり­の山田­さんは­【引っ越して】 ひっこしてい­きました。