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In the song [深い森](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIoDWTF0qSo) by Do As
Infinity, this comes up:

```

    僕たちは 生きるほどに
    失くしてく 少しずつ
    偽りや 嘘をまとい
    
```

Is this 失くしてく a short-form of 失くしていく? Or is the く after the て-form of 失くす
something else?

Thanks a lot!
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What does the く in 無くしてく do?
> Is this 失くしてく a short-form of 失くしていく?

Quick answer: Yes.

An English translation
[here](https://lyricstranslate.com/en/%E6%B7%B1%E3%81%84%E6%A3%AE-deep-
forest.html) also shows that it must be ていく because it shows the progression
of losing something

```

    As we go on living
    We lose something little by little
    Wrapped in deceit and lies
    
```
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