さよなら

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Japanese

Etymology

Shortening of さようなら (sayōnara).

First attested in 1770 as a conjunction and interjection, with the farewell noun sense attested from 1924, and the verb sense from roughly 1937.

Pronunciation

Interjection

さよなら or サヨナラ • (sayonara) 

  1. alternative form of さようなら (sayōnara, “so long; goodbye; farewell”)

Noun

さよなら or サヨナラ • (sayonara) 

  1. alternative form of さようなら (sayōnara, “farewell; goodbye; parting”)

Derived terms

Verb

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

  1. to say goodbye, to bid goodbye
    青(せい)春(しゅん)にさよならする
    seishun ni sayonara suru
    to bid farewell to one's youth

Conjugation

Conjugation of "さよならする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") さよならし sayonara shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") さよならし sayonara shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") さよならする sayonara suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") さよならする sayonara suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") さよならすれ sayonara sure
Meireikei ("imperative") さよならせよ¹
さよならしろ² 		sayonara seyo¹
sayonara shiro²
Key constructions
Passive さよならされる sayonara sareru
Causative さよならさせる
さよならさす 		sayonara saseru
sayonara sasu
Potential さよならできる sayonara dekiru
Volitional さよならしよう sayonara shiyō
Negative さよならしない sayonara shinai
Negative continuative さよならせず sayonara sezu
Formal さよならします sayonara shimasu
Perfective さよならした sayonara shita
Conjunctive さよならして sayonara shite
Hypothetical conditional さよならすれば sayonara sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: 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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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