This week’s theme
Words borrowed from Japanese

This week’s words
bokeh
sensei
sayonara
origami
seppuku

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PRONUNCIATION:

(sy-uh-NAHR-uh)

MEANING:

interjection: Goodbye.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Japanese sayonara (goodbye), short for sayo naraba (if it is to be that way), from sayo (thus), from Chinese + naraba (if it be). Earliest documented use: 1863.

USAGE:

“So while New Zealand have already said sayonara to the Webb Ellis Cup, perhaps there are advantages to having to hang around for Friday’s hated third-place playoff.”
A Shock Defeat, a Deserved Victory; Dominion Post (Wellington, New Zealand); Oct 28, 2019.

See more usage examples of sayonara in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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