Illustration: Outside a Japanese apartment building, a departing resident walks toward a waiting taxi with a suitcase, turning back to wave at two neighbors by the entrance. The neighbors wave in return, their smiles slightly wistful.

JLPT N5interjectionLevel estimated by Bebop

さようなら

sayounara

goodbye

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは私わたしにさようならも言いわずに出でていった。

    He went out without saying goodbye to me.

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  2. さようなら、また明日あしたね。

    Goodbye till tomorrow.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょはさようならと言いった。

    She said goodbye.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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