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Okinawan time (i.e. a relaxed attitude to punctuality sometimes ascribed to Okinawans); island time
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Okinawan time (i.e. a relaxed attitude to punctuality sometimes ascribed to Okinawans); island time
Organization name
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University; OIST
Proverb
starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught
Proverb
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
Historical term
Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
