さようなら。
Sayōnara.
Goodbye.
- Word for word
- “If it must be so…”
- Politeness: Neutral
- Fixed expression that suits almost everyone, with no politeness marker to adjust.
- When you would say it
- A formal or final farewell: school, ending a trip, a long separation.
- Worth knowing
- Rarely used among adults day to day. Colleagues say お先に失礼します or お疲れ様でした instead.