うら
浦
しま
島
はな
花
こ
子

noun

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

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
うら
浦
しま
島
はな
花
こ
子
 浦島花子 うらしまはなこ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

bay, creek, inlet
うら　ホ (9th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
for the first time, not until
ホ　フ　はじ.めて (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
island
しま　トウ (3rd, N2)
bird, chicken
とり　チョウ　とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
mountain
やま　サン　セン (1st, N5)
flower
はな　カ　ケ (1st, N4)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
change, take the form of, influence
カ　ば.ける　ケ (3rd, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
こ　シ　ス (1st, N5)
complete, finish
リョウ　さとる (8th, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)