きっと

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 明日はきっと晴れるでしょう。▶ —
   It will surely be sunny tomorrow.
2. 彼はきっと来ると思います。▶ —
   I think he will surely come.

Collocations

Mnemonic

きっと kitto — an adverb written in kana, with no kanji. It expresses the speaker's strong guess or expectation — "surely ~." It often pairs with sentence-final だろう, でしょう, or と思う. Unlike 必ず (exception-free certainty), きっと remains the speaker's belief or conjecture.

Quick check

1. Which sentence-final expressions often pair with きっと?

   • だろう / でしょう / と思う
   • 〜てください (request)
   • 〜なさい (command)
   • 〜てはいけない (prohibition)