Meaning of sayonara | Babel Free

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An utterance of sayonara, the wishing of farewell to someone.

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“After a simply marvelous, entertaining two and a half hour meal, they reclaimed their shoes and ceremoniously bid their sayonaras to the Japanese girls.”

“Here, I thought, was a team in last⟳ place⟳, thirty-six games out of first place⟳, which had lost two games out of every three for more than six months—yet still its faithful were rising to give⟳ it this heartfelt show⟳ of support⟳. Sayōnara'''s were hosannas here.”

“Four chocolate bars and seven packages of chewing gum changed hands and then with a flurry of waves and “Sayōnaras” we were off.”

“I'm behind the trigger, what if I am the target⟳? / Deep sigh⟳, a sayōnara, I ain't afraid to die⟳ / It's either goodbye or good mornin’, and the skies start⟳ to fallin’”

“The door handle⟳ clacked against its stop⟳ twice. High time for his sayōnara.”

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