浦うら島しま花はな子こ

noun

Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed upon returning to Japan (for a woman)

Coined term combining 浦島太郎 (Urashima Tarō) and a female given name 花子 (Hanako), used to describe a woman's sense of disorientation after a long absence from Japan, similar to the Rip van Winkle effect.

• 海かい外がいに長ながく住すんでいた友ゆう人じんは、帰き国こく後ごに「浦うら島しま花はな子こ状じょう態たい」だと笑わらっていた。

  My friend, who had lived abroad for a long time, laughed and said she felt like 'Urashima Hanako' after returning to Japan.

• 久ひさしぶりに日本にほんに帰かえったら、浦うら島しま花はな子こになった気き分ぶんだ。

  When I returned to Japan after a long time, I felt like Urashima Hanako.