Japanese farewell

• "See ya!"
• Something you might part with overseas
• Later alternative
• Tokyo 'ta-ta'
• 1957 Marlon Brando film
• Tokyo "ta-ta!"
• Michener novel set in Japan

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sayonara ( 1954 ), is a novel published by American author James A. Michener . Set during the early 1950s, it tells the story of Major Gruver, a soldier stationed in Japan, who falls in love with Hana-Ogi, a Japanese woman. The novel follows their cross-cultural ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"farewell, good-bye" 1875, from Japanese, literally "if it is to be that way," from sayo "that way," + nara "if."