JLPT N1Spoken, storytellingPraise or complaint

ときているand on top of that, it's …

You list what something is like and end on the point that clinches it: "…and on top of that, it's cheap". What comes next is then no surprise. Colloquial, and told with a storyteller's relish, for good or bad.

この旅りょ館かんは料りょう理りがおいしく、部屋へやからの眺ながめも素す晴ばらしいときている。週しゅう末まつの予よ約やくがすぐ埋うまるのも当とう然ぜんだ。

The food at this inn is delicious and, on top of that, the view from the rooms is superb. No wonder weekends book up straight away.

この店みせは駅えきから近ちかく、値ね段だんも手て頃ごろときているから、昼ひる時どきはいつも混こんでいる。

This place is close to the station and, on top of that, reasonably priced, so it is always crowded at lunchtime.

How to form it

Plain form + ときている（から／ので）

A noun or な-adjective goes straight on: 無む料りょうときている, 手て頃ごろときている.

Before it: Two or three things something is like, the telling one last, often with も, その上うえ or おまけに.
After it: から or ので and the result. Or a period, then the verdict: 〜のも当とう然ぜんだ (no wonder).
Tone: "And get this": pleased, impressed or fed up.
Where you'll meet it: Someone telling a story about a shop, a person or a bad day: columns, essays, novels, and talk, more often an older speaker's. Not in a report.

ときたら or ときている?

Alike to look at. ときたら starts a grumble; ときている finishes a description.

ときたらN1

After a person or a thing: "…, honestly".

うちの息子むすこときたら、毎まい朝あさ寝ね坊ぼうして、宿しゅく題だいもしないんだから。

My son, honestly. He oversleeps every morning and doesn't do his homework either.

ときているN1This page

After the last fact, good or bad: "and on top of that, …". What comes next is then no surprise.

うちの息子むすこは朝あさ寝ね坊ぼうで、その上うえ、宿しゅく題だいもしないときている。先せん生せいに叱しかられるのも当とう然ぜんだ。

My son can't get up in the morning and, on top of that, doesn't do his homework. No wonder his teacher tells him off.

In use

その製せい品ひんは故こ障しょうが多おおく、問とい合あわせへの対たい応おうも遅おそいときているので、評ひょう判ばんが落おちている。

The product breaks down a lot and, on top of that, questions are slow to get an answer, so its reputation is slipping.

昨日きのうは朝あさから雨あめで、帰かえりには電でん車しゃまで止とまったときている。散さん々ざんな一いち日にちだった。

Yesterday it rained from the morning and, to top it all, the trains had stopped when I was going home. It was a miserable day.

この講こう座ざは内ない容ようが実じっ践せん的てきで、受じゅ講こう料りょうも無む料りょうときているから、申もうし込こみが殺さっ到とうした。

The course is practical and, on top of that, free, so applications poured in.

The plain way to say it

Take ときている out and the facts are the same. Only the relish goes. The plain version is what people mostly say, and what they write.

この店みせは安やすくて、その上うえおいしいときているから、いつも満まん員いんだ。

This place is cheap and, on top of that, the food is good, so of course it is always full.

Told with relish: and get this.

この店みせは安やすくて、その上うえおいしいから、いつも満まん員いんだ。

This place is cheap and the food is good too, so it is always full.

The same facts, plainly.

Close neighbours

しかもN2

"What's more": adds the striking point, in speech or writing. It only adds, and leaves the result unsaid.

このホテルは駅えきに近ちかい。しかも、朝ちょう食しょくが無む料りょうだ。

This hotel is close to the station. What's more, breakfast is free.

おまけにN2

Casual: throws one more thing on top, most often a complaint.

帰かえりのバスに乗のり遅おくれた。おまけに、携けい帯たいの電でん池ちまで切きれてしまった。

I missed the bus home. To make matters worse, my phone battery died too.

Check yourself

1Which one fits?

この食しょく堂どうは安やすくておいしいし、量りょうも多おおい（　　）から、学がく生せいに人にん気きがある。

Choose an answer to see why.

2What is the person getting at?

隣となりの部屋へやは夜よ中なかまでうるさいし、壁かべも薄うすいときている。

Choose an answer to see why.

More sentences

彼かれは経けい験けんが豊ほう富ふで、判はん断だんも速はやいときているから、難むずかしい案あん件けんを任まかされている。

He has plenty of experience and, on top of that, decides quickly, so he is given the difficult cases.

この辺あたりは交こう通つうが不ふ便べんで、夜よるは街がい灯とうも少すくないときている。住すむには少すこし心こころ細ぼそい。

Transport around here is poor and, to make matters worse, there are few streetlights at night. It would be a little unnerving to live here.

新あたらしい端たん末まつは軽かるく、電でん池ちも長なが持もちするときているので、出しゅっ張ちょうの多おおい人ひとに人にん気きだ。

The new device is light and, on top of that, the battery lasts, so it is popular with people who travel a lot for work.