きっと

Japanese

Kana	きっとキッと
Kanji	屹度急度
Note	屹度, 急度 – ateji

Etymology

Gemination of きと (kito).[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きっと [kìttó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2] (both senses)
IPA^(key): [kʲi̥t̚to̞]

(Tokyo) きっと [kíꜜttò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1] ("serious" sense)
IPA^(key): [kʲit̚to̞]

Adverb

きっと (rōmaji kitto)

surely, certainly
きっと事 (じ)故 (こ)でも起 (お)こったんだろう。
Kitto jiko demo okottan darō.
There must have been an accident.
sternly
私 (わたし)は彼 (かれ)をきっとにらみつけた。
Watashi wa kare o kitto niramitsuketa.
I looked him sharply in the face.

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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