Dick Cavett’s Criterion Closet Picks


I guess this is sayonara. By the way, you ask people what sayonara means and they say, “Well, it’s Japanese for goodbye.”
We don’t need this here, but I’m going to say it anyway. Sa-yo-nara. It’s three words. And, brace yourself, it means “if it must be so.” Isn’t that nice? See ya.

See also:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/a24t19/why_do_most_people_translate_sayonara_as_goodbye/

Check out a couple of his books, highly recommended:
Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets

Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks