やってくる

This is the 3822nd most frequent Japanese word.

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やってくる

"やってくる" means "to come; to approach; to arrive (here)."


The verb やってくる conveys the act of coming or arriving at a location, implying movement or arrival.

彼は朝早くやってくる。

He arrives early in the morning.


Here, やってくる refers to the approaching or occurrence of an event, in this case, a storm.

嵐がやってくる前に家に帰ろう。

Let's return home before the storm arrives.


In this sentence, やってくる expresses the arrival of a thought or idea metaphorically.

新しいアイデアが突然やってきた。

A new idea suddenly came to me.