浦島太郎状態

うらしまたろうじょうたい

Meanings

1. Noun Rip van Winkle feeling (i.e.: feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown)

Kanji

• 浦 inlet. Read as うら.
• 島 island. Read as しま.
• 太 thick. Read as タイ.
• 郎 son. Read as ロウ.
• 状 condition. Read as ジョウ.
• 態 state. Read as タイ.

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