How to use いってきます (いってきます)
Meaning of いってきます
The Japanese verb "いってきます" (いってきます, ittekimasu) can have various meanings depending on the context in which it is used. Here's a list of its primary meanings along with examples:
- I'm going (and coming back): A polite way to inform someone you are leaving a place with the intention of returning.
- Example: 学校にいってきます。
- Translation: I'm going to school (and coming back).
- I'll be right back: Implies a short departure with the expectation of a quick return.
- Example: ちょっとコンビニにいってきます。
- Translation: I'll be right back, just going to the convenience store.
- I'm off: Used casually to announce one's departure from a place, often home or work.
- Example: 仕事にいってきます。
- Translation: I'm off to work.
- I'm off to work.:
- Example:
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Dialogue
じゃ パパ いってきまちゅよーっ
Okay, Dad, I'm off!
(エリシア・ヒューズ) パパ 今日は早く 帰ってくるの?
(Elicia Hughes) Daddy, are you coming home early today?
(ヒューズ) うーん どうかなあ パパ お仕事いっぱいだからねえ
(Hughes) Hmm, I wonder... Daddy has lots of work, you know.
でも なるべく 早く帰ってきちゃうぞ!
But I'll try to come home as soon as possible!
ウフフッ フフッ
Hehehe, hehe.
(グレイシア・ヒューズ) ウフッ 遅刻し ますよ
(Gracia Hughes) Hehe, running late, are we?