English–Japanese
“surely” in Japanese
Japanese
Pronunciation
Romajitekkiri
Example
私はてっきり彼が来ると思っていました。watashi wa te kki ri kare ga ku ru to omo tte i ma shi ta
I was sure he would come.
How to say “surely” in Japanese
“Surely” in Japanese is てっきり (tekkiri).
てっきり (tekkiri) marks an assumption that feels certain to the speaker, especially when later information overturns it.
Example sentences with てっきり
てっきり今日は休みだと思って、学校へ行きませんでした。te kki ri kyō wa yasu mi da to omo tte gak kō e i ki ma se n de shi ta
I was sure today was a holiday, so I did not go to school.
Tips for using てっきり
- てっきり (tekkiri) is a conversational adverb that frequently appears before と思っていた (to omotte ita) or と思い込んでいた (to omoikonde ita) in accounts of past assumptions.