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In the middle of A; in the process of A
A is a change of some sort that is taking place.
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去 年 か ら 彼 の 俳 優 の フ ァ ン が 増 え つ つ あ る 。 
That actor's fans have continued to increase since last year.
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今年 は 幾 つ も の 台 風 によって 物 価 が 高 く 成 り つ つ 有 る 。 
This year, prices of commodities will continue to rise due to the large number of typhoons.
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高 校 の 入 学 試 験 が 近 づ く と と も に 生 徒 の 暇 な 時 間 が 少 な く 成 り つ つ あ る 。 
As the high school entrance exams approach, students' free time is becoming scarce.
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い い 仕 事 に 就 く の は 難 し く 成 り つ つ あ る 様 だ 。 
It seems to be becoming hard to get a good job.
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コ ン ピ ュ ー タ ー の 使 用 は 急 速 に 増 加 為 つ つ あ る 。 
The use of electronic computers is growing rapidly.
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つつある
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The verbs before つつある so far I encounters are :

多くなる
回復する 、かいぶく する ,
増える 、ふえる
増加する 、ぞうかする
変化する 、へんかする
変わる、 かわる
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くるるぎくん
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Does this kind of have the same atmosphere as y
ようになる??
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fareastfurfaro
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I don't believe so. ようになる is about something coming into being over time. Getting good at tennis, speaking Japanese, etc. つつある is about the actual process, not the finished product... if that makes sense.
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くるるぎくん
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Your helping, but do you mind explaining it more in depth haha
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くるるぎくん
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Your helping, but do you mind explaining it more in depth haha
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fareastfurfaro
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つつある describes the process of getting to some point. ようになる is about the finished product or the idea of getting to a certain point. Examples of that again are getting good at tennis or being able to speak Japanese fluently. I know I'm not explaining it perfectly so I suggest checking the site below. ALC is always a great resource for sentence examples.

つつある
http://eow.alc.co.jp/%E3%81%A4%E3%81%A4%E3%81%82%E3%82%8B/UTF-8/

ようになる
http://eow.alc.co.jp/%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8B/UTF-8/
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くるるぎくん
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actually i got it more the second time. :D i will still check the sites though. thanks soo much for your time and patience :D
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Kaji
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Looking at it from a historical perspective, this appears to be a holdover of the classical ~つつ ending, equivalent to the modern ~ている (c.f. 流れつつ、流れている). Probably trivia mostly, but thought I'd throw it out there.
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Olga 山猫
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I guess, it's closer to ～ていく　（増えていく）

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9 years ago
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