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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sayonaras

Literary usage of Sayonaras

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spell of Japan by Isabel Anderson (1914)
"many sayonaras and wishes for a speedy return from our cheery little entertainers. The geishas of Kyoto dress in more subdued colors than they do elsewhere. ..."

2. The Yankees of the East: Sketches of Modern Japan by William Eleroy Curtis (1896)
"She gives you a graceful greeting and then retires to reappear as you are saying your "sayonaras," which is the Japanese for ..."

3. The Mikado's Empire by William Elliot Griffis (1906)
"sayonaras and good wishes are exchanged with mutual regret. The line of march is over New Bridge. In Boat-landing Street snow lies eight feet deep, ..."

4. The Boy Travellers in the Far East: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to by Thomas Wallace Knox (1880)
"When the traffic was ended, and the Japanese urchins found that the market was closed, they pronounced their "sayonaras" and withdrew as quietly as they had ..."

5. More Queer Things about Japan by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Norma Lorimer, William Adams, Hokusai Katsushika (1905)
"With many sayonaras and respectful rubbings of her knees she speeds her parting husband, and then returns to her household duties. She must watch and direct ..."

6. More Queer Things about Japan by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Norma Lorimer, William Adams, Hokusai Katsushika (1905)
"With many sayonaras and respectful rubbings of her knees she speeds her parting husband, and then returns to her household duties. She must watch and direct ..."

7. Aloha Around the World by Karl Max Vogel (1922)
"... were much entertained by us, and on our departure called friendly sayonaras after us as long as we were in hearing. The Fujiya Hotel, kept by Mr. ..."

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