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Sayonara

//ˌsaɪəˈnɑːɹə// intj, noun, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Goodbye, adieu. especially, humorous, informal, often

    "Sonic: Sayonara! Shadow the Hedgehog!"

Noun
  1. 1
    An utterance of sayonara, the wishing of farewell to someone.

    "After a simply marvelous, entertaining two and a half hour meal, they reclaimed their shoes and ceremoniously bid their sayonaras to the Japanese girls."

  2. 2
    a farewell remark wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese さようなら (sayōnara, “farewell”, literally “if that's the way it is”) or its shorter, less traditional form さよなら (sayonara).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese さようなら (sayōnara, “farewell”, literally “if that's the way it is”) or its shorter, less traditional form さよなら (sayonara).

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