Sayonara Definition

Origin of Sayonara

• Japanese sayonara, sayōnara alteration of sayō naraba if be thus (said to indicate that the time for departure has come) sayō thus (sa that) (yō appearance) (from Middle Chinese jiang`) (also the source of Mandarin yang`) naraba if it be

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Japanese さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye")

  From Wiktionary