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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:51 am

The english translation of the word sayonara doesn't give justice to the implications of the manner in which the word is used. Sayonara is used when you don't think you'll see that particular person for a very long time. My Japanese text book says: "Sayonara indicates that the speaker does not expect to see the person spoken to before she "turns a page in her life"; not until a new day arrives, or until fate brings the two together again, or until they meet again in the other world."
So, I didn't know this until recently and when I found out and thought about how Kenshin said goodbye to Kaoru it was like he was saying "I'll never see you again"... dang.... that's intense... like camping...

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:47 am

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I read that a while back and was surprised to find it out. A casual goodbye would be "ja ne" or "ja matte". "Sayonara" really does translate as "farewell".

Another word that's freely slung around by fanfic writers is "aishiteru" or "I love you". But to the Japanese, that was a very profound thing to say and would only be said to the person you were in love with and only in private. Saying it was probably akin to asking the person to marry you.

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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:36 am

Oh wow! I didn't know that!
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:39 am

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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:12 pm

well, for once they said it better in the anime

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:31 pm

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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:01 am

Huh, that's a fun little tid-bit. I never knew that! Cool, thanks!

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:26 pm

That's cool. I didn't know it was that intense. Makes me rethink a bit.

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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:07 am

That would very much explain Kaoru-dono's reaction, would it not? I knew what it meant wen I read it, but yo are all correct in that it is very intense. also note the fact that Kaoru-dono was the ONLY person he said it to.

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