Difference between 生まれてくる and 生まれる


What is the difference between 生まれてくる and 生まれる?

[I looked up くる in
大辞林](http://www.excite.co.jp/dictionary/japanese/?search=%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8B&match=beginswith&itemid=DJR_kuru_-070)
and found the following:

> ある事態が出現し，またある現象が現れる意を表す。 「生まれてくる子供のために」 「なくした本が出てきた」

But this still doesn't help me understand the difference in usage.

Take the examples:

> 早く生まれてくるといいね
>
> 早く生まれるといいね

What is the difference between these lines? Based on guessing I'd think the
first line is more personally involved and would be something like what a
husband/wife might say about their baby and the second one would be what an
outside might say to that husband/wife.

Can anyone explain the difference?




The meaning of these two sentences are almost the same and are
interchangeable.

However, there is another minor nuance difference, which is not based on
grammatical things. By adding 「-くる」, it reminds the reader or the hearer that
the subject of the sentence is a baby and makes put more focus on a baby than
a mother. In other words, it adds a hidden nuance that a baby will "come" to
this world. This nuance might partly explain what you pointed about the
familiarity difference. An outside person who is not so familiar with
husband/wife generally use the latter expression, unless the talk ongoing
between them is directly relating to the baby.

(The above explanation seems to be different from the explanation of 「-てくる」 or
「-ていく」 in the previous thread and the dictionary. I mean that, in addition to
those basical meaning in the dictionary, they comprehend the sentence as
above-explained in this specific case of combination of 「生まれる」 and 「-てくる」.)

