Talk:Sayonara

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I thought that the japanese didnt have a word for goodbye, and that sayonara is more like till we meet again?

"sayonara" is actually a pretty final form of "Goodbye", implying that they won't meet again.--88.105.250.126 02:25, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Literally, "sayonara" (さよなら) means "since it is this way [that we must part]". It is somewhat between "goodbye" and "farewell". "sayonara" never used within your "in-group" (your family, girlfriend/boyfriend, or co-workers) unless you expect that this is a final parting (one of you is dying, you're breaking up with your lover, this is your last day at work,...). In an "in-group" setting you'll use some form of "itte-kimasu" (いって来ます - "I am leaving and coming back"), to which the people seeing you off will say some form of "itte-[i]rasshai" (行ってらっしゃい - "go, and be welcome back!").

If you're a houseguest at a Japanese home, you would use "itte-kimasu"/"itte-[i]rasshai" while you are staying there since you are temporarily "in-group". When you leave to go back home, you are exiting the "in-group" and then "sayonara" is appropriate even if there's already plans for a future visit. So it isn't quite as final as "farewell".

In the case of the book, "sayonara" mean "farewell" to the Japanese girlfriend; and in the case of the movie, "sayonara" means "screw you, we quit!" (he to the US military, and she to Takarazuka).

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:39, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

The song

Who wrote the song? Who performed it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs) 05:38, 30 May 2008 (UTC) I don't know who sang it but Rogers & Hammerstein wrote it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.27.169 (talk) 04:36, 29 June 2008 (UTC)