然らば

Originally the hypothetical -ba conjugation of classical Japanese verb 然り (sari), itself ultimately a compound of 然 (sa, “like so, in such a manner”) +‎ 有り (ari, “to be”, the classical form of modern 有る aru).[1][2] Literally, “if that's the case; if it's like that; if that's the way it is”.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) さ​らば [sáꜜràbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠ɾa̠ba̠]

The word is most commonly written out only in hiragana as さらば.

然らば (hiragana さらば, katakana サラバ, rōmaji saraba)

1. (archaic, now poetic) farewell; goodbye
   • 1996 February 20 [Feb 15 1988], Adachi, Mitsuru, “交差点前 [In Front of the Intersection]”, in SHORT PROGRAMショート・プログラム [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 1 (fiction), 25th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 51:

     では一万まん千せん円えん確たしかに預あずかった…サラバじゃ！

     De wa ichimansen-en tashika ni azukatta… Saraba ja!

     I’ll keep these 11,000 yen then… So long!

• さようなら (sayōnara)
• あばよ (abayo)
• バイバイ (baibai)
• では (de wa)
• じゃあ (jā)
• 失礼 (しつれい)します (shitsurei shimasu)
• それでは (sore de wa)