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    3. 浦島花子

    浦島花子

    浦うら島しま花はな子こ

    Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman)

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab30 strokes

    うらしまはなこ

    Noun

    1.
    Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman), feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)

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    Kanji that make up this word

    浦
    うら…(1)
    bay・creek・inlet・gulf・beach…(1)
    島
    しま…(1)
    island
    花
    はな…(3)
    flower
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
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