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Japanese
Etymology
Shortening of さようなら (sayōnara).[1][2][3]
First attested in 1770 as a conjunction and interjection, with the farewell noun sense attested from 1924, and the verb sense from roughly 1937.[1]
Pronunciation
Interjection
さよなら or サヨナラ • (sayonara)
- Alternative form of さようなら (sayōnara, “so long; goodbye; farewell”)
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- さよなら、……ぼくの麻理ちゃん。
- Sayonara,…… boku no Mari-chan.
- Goodbye,… my Mari-chan
Noun
さよなら or サヨナラ • (sayonara)
- Alternative form of さようなら (sayōnara, “farewell; goodbye; parting”)[1][2][3]
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- これが本当のさよならじゃないの
- kore ga hontō no sayonara ja nai no
- this is not a true farewell
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))
- to say goodbye, to bid goodbye
- 青春にさよならする
- seishun ni sayonara suru
- to bid farewell to one's youth
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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さよならし
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sayonara shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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さよならし
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sayonara shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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さよならする
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sayonara suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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さよならする
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sayonara suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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さよならすれ
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sayonara sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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さよならせよ¹ さよならしろ²
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sayonara seyo¹ sayonara shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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さよならされる
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sayonara sareru
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Causative
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さよならさせる さよならさす
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sayonara saseru sayonara sasu
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Potential
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さよならできる
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sayonara dekiru
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Volitional
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さよならしよう
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sayonara shiyō
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Negative
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さよならしない
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sayonara shinai
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Negative continuative
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さよならせず
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sayonara sezu
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Formal
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さよならします
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sayonara shimasu
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Perfective
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さよならした
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sayonara shita
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Conjunctive
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さよならして
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sayonara shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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さよならすれば
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sayonara sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 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