さよなら

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

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)

Noun[edit]

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]

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Verb[edit]

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

  1. [circa 1937] to say goodbye, to bid goodbye
    (せい)(しゅん)さよならする
    seishun ni sayonara suru
    to bid farewell to one's youth

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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN