Tokyo "ta-ta!"

• "Farewell, Tokyo!"
• Geisha's goodbye
• "Later," in Tokyo
• Declare - Lara heading off after leg bye
• Later alternative
• Example of 41-Across
• Asian parting

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."

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
interj. (context informal English) goodbye, adieu n. An utterance of #Interjection, the wishing of farewell to someone.

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 ...