Meaning & use
sayonara
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Goodbye; a casual way of saying farewell, borrowed from Japanese.
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He waved and shouted sayonara as the train pulled away.
After the merger, employees joked it was sayonara to their old office building.
A note on using this word
Sayonara has been fully absorbed into casual English, often used with a slightly dramatic or final flourish, implying a longer or more permanent parting than a simple "bye."
Words with a similar meaning
goodbyefarewell
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Words with an opposite meaning
hello
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