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Grammar detail: verb て form + いく

verb て form + いく
go on doing, continue
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verb て form
+
いく
means
to go on doing, to continue doing
At its core, 〜ていく expresses movement or progression away from the speaker (or the current point of reference) toward somewhere else. It is also used to describe a change in state that indicates how things will change and progress into the future, based on the present situation.
〜てった/〜ていきました is its past-tense form (used for actions or events that happened in the past).
いく comes from
い
行
く (to go), but is usually written in hiragana in this construction.

Physical movement: moving away

This describes a physical action moving away from the speaker or away from a starting point into the distance.
かれ
彼
は
うみ
海
の
ほう
方
へ
ある
歩
いていきました
。
He was walking toward the sea.
わたしは
かれ
彼
が
に
逃
げていく
のを
み
観
た
。
I saw him run away.
わたし
私
は
あと
後
からついていきます。
I'll follow.

Temporal change: changing continuously into the future

その
おと
音
はだんだん
ちい
小
さく
なっていった。
The sound grew fainter and fainter.
そと
外
はだんだん
あか
明
るく
なっていく。
It is getting lighter outside.
てんき
天気
はますます
わる
悪
く
なっていった。
The weather was getting worse and worse.

Continuation of action: continuing into the future

これからもこの
しごと
仕事
を
つづ
続
けて
いきたいです。
I want to continue doing this job going forward.
かんじ
漢字
の
べんきょう
勉強
を
がんば
頑張
っていきます
。
I will keep working hard on studying kanji.
This form can be used interchangeably with ゆく, the alternative reading of いく. The meaning is unchanged, although the tone is slightly more formal.
ひと
人
は
ひつよう
必要
に
おう
応
じて
しぜん
自然
が
う
生
み
だ
出
す
ものを
か
変
えてゆく
。
Man modifies to his needs what nature produces.
ていく is often combined with another verb of motion, and this is harder to represent in English. For example,
とお
通
る ➜
とお
通
っていく could both be translated as 'go by'.
ゆうびんきょく
郵便局
のそばを
とお
通
っていく
。
I'm going by the post office.
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Kanji used in this grammar

行
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆく    いく to go   おこなう to take place   
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通
ツ   ツウ   とおる to pass through   とおす to let pass   かよう to commute   
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彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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海
カイ   うみ ocean   
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方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
歩
ホ   フ   ブ   あるく    あゆむ to walk   
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逃
トウ   にげる    のがれる to escape   にがす    のがす to free   
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観
カン    outlook   
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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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後
ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うしろ behind   おくれる be late   
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音
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
外
ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はずす to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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明
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あく to open   あける to empty   
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天
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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気
キ   ケ    spirit   
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悪
アク   オ   わるい bad   
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仕
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
続
ゾク   つづく to continue   つづける to carry on with   
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漢
カン    Chinese   
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字
ジ   character   あざ village section   
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勉
ベン    exertion   
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強
キョウ   ゴウ   つよい strong   つよまる to get stronger   つよめる to strengthen   しいる to compel, to force   
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頑
ガン    stubborn   
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張
チョウ   はる to stretch   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
必
ヒツ   かならず certainly, invariably   
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要
ヨウ   いる to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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応
オウ   おうじる to satisfy, reply, comply   こたえる to respond to   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
然
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
変
ヘン   unusual   かえる to alter, change   かわる to change   
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郵
ユウ    mail   
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便
convenience; tidings   ビン tidings   ベン convenience   たより tidings, news   
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局
キョク    office   
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