sayonara
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əˈnɑr interjection, noun
farewell; good-bye.
Origin:
1870–75; < Japanese sayō-nara, equivalent to sayō thus (sa that + yō, earlier yaũ < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese yàng appearance) + nara if it be (ni essive particle + ara subjunctive stem of existential v.)
1870–75; < Japanese sayō-nara, equivalent to sayō thus (sa that + yō, earlier yaũ < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese yàng appearance) + nara if it be (ni essive particle + ara subjunctive stem of existential v.)
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sayonara
"farewell, good-bye" 1875, from Japanese, lit. "if it is to be that way," from sayo "that way," + nara "if."
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Sayonara
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
To say sayonara to the unpredictable floods that have engulfed corner offices.
So bid farewell to fatigue, sayonara to smoking and aweigh to unwanted weight gain.
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