Re: Japanese "good", consonant clusters etc.

On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 00:55:06 -0600, Axiem <axiem@...> wrote:

>
>>             _sayonara_, "goodbye"
>
>as I
>understand it, a farewell in a final sense of "I'll never see you again".
>Sayounara, however, is the more formal form, and is not used as such. But
>don't quote me on that.
>
I've heard parting friends say "Mata ne" or "Ja ne," sort of like "See ya
later."

--Viktor

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