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きっと

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
屹度 (literary)
急度 (literary)

Etymology

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Gemination of きと (kito).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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きっと or キット • (kitto) 

  1. 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.
  2. 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

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This term is often spelled in kana.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
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