Animation Photo 2 (IMAGE) Cornell University Caption As one person walks away, another says "Sayounara." As you might in real life, you can guess that "Sayounara" means "Goodbye." Early versions of the game used romanization, but at the request of users it has been updated to use the Japanese Hiragana alphabet. Credit Cornell University Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.