Learn Japanese Word Origins 4 - How to say Goodbye in Japanese

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Did you ever wonder where Japanese words came from? Word origins are not only an interesting way to see how language developed, but it is also great for remembering vocabulary. In this series, we will show you the origins of some common words and phrases in the Japanese language.

You probably know that Sayonara is a common way to say goodbye in Japanese, but do you know where this word comes from? In this lesson, we teach you the origin of Sayonara.

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[afaan11]

I would pay this girl to be my japanese teacher, not because she is beautiful.. it's because she make the lesson interesting.

[gammaray0wn]

I love these videos. I wish they were daily.

[Moonanite]

@Caradoc93 i was wondering why "if so" would be understood as a goodbye. good explanation 

[Blooberry95]

Do people still say "sayounaraba, kaerimasu" nowadays? Or is it very uncommon?

[speckspeck]

so why is farewell something that sounds like'' day wah'''...as in 'MUSASHI' PROGRAMS

[MsRaichuD]

So what happens if i say Sayounaraba kaerimasu ?

[Caradoc93]

I enjoyed all these etymology lessons but must disagree with this one. I was taught that sayounara means, "If it must be so." This is a subtle difference in translation but this is very polite and expresses regret for parting. It says, "If there is no other choice, we will have to part company."

The translation in this video is very rude. It sounds like, "If this is the way it's going to be, I'm off!" That's not very Japanese. Hard to believe that was ever the accepted form of a goodbye.

[eeskaatt]

mata NE is for girls I believe. mata NA is for guys. correct me if I'm wrong please

:)

[Nicro327]

This is random but youtube needs BBCode.

[Expresso98]

Hiroko missed a really important point : 'sayounara' is a very formal way of saying 'goodbye', most often used when one is unlikely to see the person for a very long time, if ever. One would not use 'sayounara' casually or on an everyday basis. "Jya mata" or "matane" are much more appropriate for everyday use.

[viataliy]

@japanatic722 you always pronounce the U in a japanese word. the U itself if you say it really fast after an O sound, it sounds like a longer O. so hold the O in sayounara.  practice with words like toukyou. even though in english it is spelled tokyo, it is pronounced toukyou. then try something like doumo and domo