浦うら島しま太た郎ろう状じょう態たい

noun

Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed after a long absence

Describes the shock of returning to a familiar place after a long time and finding it completely transformed, like the folk tale of Urashima Tarō. Often used humorously or self-deprecatingly.

• 10年ねんぶりに地じ元もとに帰かえったら、駅えき前まえがすっかり変かわっていて浦うら島しま太た郎ろう状じょう態たいだった。

  When I returned to my hometown after ten years, the area in front of the station had completely changed and I felt like Rip van Winkle.

• 最さい新しんのスマホの機き能のうについていけなくて、浦うら島しま太た郎ろう状じょう態たいだよ。

  I can't keep up with the latest smartphone features; I feel totally out of touch.