sayonara

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sayonara

/ˌsaɪəˈnɑːɹə/

Rhymes with -ɑːɹə

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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).

interjection sayōnara

especially, humorous, informal, often, used when referring to Japan Goodbye, adios, adieu. Sonic: Sayonara! Shadow the Hedgehog!
Similar: adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, cheers, ciao, farewell, goodbye

noun sayonaras · sayōnara

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.

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intj goodbye, in reference to Japan

한국어	사요나라 sayonara
日本語	さようなら sayōnara, さよなら sayonara
Ελληνικά	σαγιονάρα sagionára
Русский	сайона́ра sajonára, саёнара sajónara
العربية	سَايُونَارَا sāyūnārā
עברית	סַיּוֹנַרַה sayonárah

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@misc{sayonara_2026,
  title = {sayonara},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sayonara},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}