Some questions about てくる Hi there. I do not understand when てくる is going AND coming back, and when it is simply something coming towards the speaker. For example, could 出かけてくる mean both "x is going out and coming back" AND "x is coming out of something towards speaker" (but has not been at speaker's location yet)? Also, can you use the ている form with てくる　and ていく? Is 走っている来ます grammatically correct? If you can't, how do you differentiate between an ongoing action and some general action? Thank you.