Illustration: On a narrow path through a Japanese neighborhood park, a father walks toward the nearby park entrance and glances back over his shoulder with an inviting hand gesture. His small daughter comes directly behind him, carefully copying his unusually long steps with exaggerated determination.

ついてくる

tsuitekuru

to follow, to come along

Example sentences

私わたしの犬いぬはどこへでもついてくる。
My dog goes everywhere with me.
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犬いぬが家いえまでついて来きた。
A dog followed me to my house.
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彼女かのじょが病院びょういんまでついて来きてくれた。
She accompanied me to the hospital.
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