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沖縄時間
おきなわじかん
1. [n] [sens]
▶ Okinawan time (i.e. a relaxed attitude to punctuality sometimes ascribed to Okinawans)
▶ island time
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2840401 沖縄タイム【おきなわタイム】 1. Okinawan time (i.e. a relaxed attitude to punctuality sometimes ascribed to Okinawans); island time



History:
4. A 2022-02-07 00:20:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2022-02-05 15:49:48  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
"island time" is a bit opaque. We have an expl gloss on ウチナータイム.
I think "Okiwanan time" should lead.
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<gloss>Okinawan time (i.e. a relaxed attitude to punctuality sometimes ascribed to Okinawans)</gloss>
@@ -14 +14,0 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">Okinawan time</gloss>
2. A 2022-02-04 22:34:10  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2022-02-04 14:42:18  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
ウチナータイム	1738
沖縄タイム	8221
沖縄時間	13104
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ウチナータイム

heard on TV (Kansai mom describing her Kansai son's loose sense of time)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/island_time
there's also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_time
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thesaurus:tardy_time
  Comments:
Not sure if sens but feel like it very well might be

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