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Japanese
Etymology
Gemination of きと (kito).
Pronunciation
Adverb
きっと or キット • (kitto)
- surely, certainly
- きっと事故でも起こったんだろう。
- Kitto jiko demo okottan darō.
- There must have been an accident.
- sternly
- 私は彼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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.