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/ˌsaɪəˈnɑːɹə/ · interjection
(informal, often humorous, especially used when referring to Japan) Goodbye, adios, adieu..
Sonic: Sayonara! Shadow the Hedgehog!
After a simply marvelous, entertaining two and a half hour meal, they reclaimed their shoes and ceremoniously bid their sayonaras to the Japanese girls.
Use sayonara when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sayonara means (informal, often humorous, especially used when referring to Japan) Goodbye, adios, adieu..
Common synonyms include adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Sonic: Sayonara! Shadow the Hedgehog!
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