"さようなら" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [Japanese]

IPA: [sa̠jo̞ːna̠ɾa̠] Forms: sayōnara [romanization], sayaunara [romanization], さやうなら [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Shortening of earlier 左様ならば (sayō naraba), itself a compound of 左様 (sayō, “like that, that way”) + ならば (naraba, “if”, now somewhat archaic, often replaced by なら (nara)). Literally “if that's the way it is”. First cited to roughly 1742 as a conjunction (literally, “if it's like that, then...”). The interjection usage is cited to 1788, and then the noun sense is cited to roughly 1915. Etymology templates: {{com|ja|左様|ならば|pos2=now somewhat archaic, often replaced by <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">なら</i> (nara)|t1=like that, that way|t2=if|tr1=sayō|tr2=naraba}} 左様 (sayō, “like that, that way”) + ならば (naraba, “if”, now somewhat archaic, often replaced by なら (nara)) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|hhira=さやうなら}} さようなら • (sayōnara) ^(←さやうなら (sayaunara)?)
  1. (formal) a final expression of departure; farewell, so long, adieu, goodbye Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-さようなら-ja-intj-OX5U7M6r
  2. (dated, formal) a non-final expression of departure: goodbye, au revoir Tags: dated, formal
    Sense id: en-さようなら-ja-intj-QhrWTdtS Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese farewells, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 17 78 5 Disambiguation of Japanese farewells: 25 45 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 79 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 78 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 79 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 73 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 87 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: あばよ (abayo), さらば (saraba), 失礼します (shitsurei shimasu) (ruby: (しつ), (れい)), じゃあ (), それでは (sore de wa), では (de wa), バイバイ (baibai), さよなら (english: sayonara) [informal]

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [sa̠jo̞ːna̠ɾa̠] Forms: sayōnara [romanization]
Etymology: Shortening of earlier 左様ならば (sayō naraba), itself a compound of 左様 (sayō, “like that, that way”) + ならば (naraba, “if”, now somewhat archaic, often replaced by なら (nara)). Literally “if that's the way it is”. First cited to roughly 1742 as a conjunction (literally, “if it's like that, then...”). The interjection usage is cited to 1788, and then the noun sense is cited to roughly 1915. Etymology templates: {{com|ja|左様|ならば|pos2=now somewhat archaic, often replaced by <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">なら</i> (nara)|t1=like that, that way|t2=if|tr1=sayō|tr2=naraba}} 左様 (sayō, “like that, that way”) + ならば (naraba, “if”, now somewhat archaic, often replaced by なら (nara)) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} さようなら • (sayōnara)
  1. a farewell, a goodbye
    Sense id: en-さようなら-ja-noun-qZMJNTs7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: さよなら (english: sayonara) [informal]

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Please come again tomorrow morning to this house. I see no way for me to escape the old woman apart from this plan. Goodbye.",
          "ref": "1921, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, アグニの神 [God of Aguni]:",
          "roman": "Dōka ashita no asa mō ichido, obāsan no tokoro e kite kudasai. Kono keiryaku no hoka ni wa obāsan no te kara, nigedasu michi wa arimasen. Sayōnara.",
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              "朝",
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              "いちど"
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              "婆",
              "ばあ"
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              "所",
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            [
              "來",
              "き"
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              "下",
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              "計",
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              "略",
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              "外",
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              "婆",
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              "手",
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              "逃",
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      "other": "さよーなら"
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          "ref": "1921, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, アグニの神 [God of Aguni]:",
          "roman": "Dōka ashita no asa mō ichido, obāsan no tokoro e kite kudasai. Kono keiryaku no hoka ni wa obāsan no te kara, nigedasu michi wa arimasen. Sayōnara.",
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            [
              "婆",
              "ばあ"
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              "所",
              "ところ"
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            [
              "來",
              "き"
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              "下",
              "くだ"
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            [
              "計",
              "けい"
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              "略",
              "りゃく"
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              "外",
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Download raw JSONL data for さようなら meaning in All languages combined (5.7kB)

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