きっと

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 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.

References

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