さよなら

Shortening of さようなら (sayōnara).[1][2][3]

First attested in 1770 as a conjunction and interjection, with the farewell noun sense attested from 1924, and the verb sense from roughly 1937.[1]

• (Tokyo) さよな​ら [sàyónáꜜrà] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][4][5]
• (Tokyo) さよなら​ [sàyónáráꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[2][4][5]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠jo̞na̠ɾa̠]

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さよなら or サヨナラ • (sayonara) 

1. [1770] Alternative form of さようなら (sayōnara, “so long; goodbye; farewell”)
   • 1988 July 30 [1983 December 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “愛人製造法 [How to Create a Loved One]”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 190:

     さよなら、……ぼくの麻(ま)理(り)ちゃん。

     Sayonara,…… boku no Mari-chan.

     Goodbye,… my Mari-chan

さよなら or サヨナラ • (sayonara) 

1. [1924] Alternative form of さようなら (sayōnara, “farewell; goodbye; parting”)[1][2][3]
   • 1974, “グッド・バイ・マイ・ラブ”, なかにし礼 (lyrics), performed by アン・ルイス:

     これが本(ほん)当(とう)のさよならじゃないの

     kore ga hontō no sayonara ja nai no

     this is not a true farewell

• サヨナラゲーム (sayonara gēmu)
• サヨナラホームラン (sayonara hōmuran)

さよならする or サヨナラする • (sayonara suru) suru (stem さよならし (sayonara suru shi), past さよならした (sayonara suru shita))

1. [circa 1937] to say goodbye, to bid goodbye

   青(せい)春(しゅん)にさよならする

   seishun ni sayonara suru

   to bid farewell to one's youth

• → English: sayonara
  • → Greek: σαγιονάρα (sagionára)
  • → Spanish: sayonara
• → Indonesian: sayonara
• → Polish: sayonara, sajonara