Japanese

Adverb

屹度 ‎(hiragana きっと, romaji kitto)

1. surely; certainly

   きっと事故 (じこ)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

The kanji are an example of ateji (当て字). This term is usually written in hiragana.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.