きっと

• 読み: きっと
• ローマ字: kitto
• 発音: /kit.to/

意味

Surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely. Expresses strong confidence that something will happen.

An adverb expressing high probability (roughly 90%). Weaker than 必ず (kanarazu, without fail/100%) but stronger than たぶん (tabun, probably/60-70%). Often used to encourage, reassure, or make predictions. Very common in everyday conversation.

例文

1. 明日はきっといい天気になりますよ。
2. 頑張れば、きっと合格できると思います。
3. 彼女はきっと喜ぶと思います。

使い方ガイド

場面: encouragement, predictions, daily life

トーン: hopeful

起源と歴史

Originally written 屹度 in kanji, from 屹 (towering/standing firm) and 度 (degree/extent). The kanji form is now archaic — modern Japanese writes this word almost exclusively in hiragana.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal