JLPT N3
～てくる
1) ～ and come back. 2) To continue ～. An action/state from the past is continuing in the present. 3) ～ has become apparent. You are now able to see something that you could not before. 4) Has become ～. There has been some change and ～ has started.
Structure / Usage
V-てくる
Example Sentences
スーパーで買ってくる。
I will buy it at the supermarket and come back.
日本人は昔から米を食べてきました。
Japanese people continue to eat rice (starting from long ago).