Last Updated:2025/12/04

(uncountable, sometimes derogatory, slang) A notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Samoans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often tardy.

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Samoan time

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Samoan time

Noun
derogatory slang sometimes uncountable
Japanese Meaning
サモア流の時間感覚―予定に厳密でなく、ゆったりとしたペースや、しばしば遅刻するという、サモア人(または自分達)に対して冗談交じり、時に侮辱的に用いられる時間の概念
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会議が9時開始だと伝えると、彼はにっこり笑って10時30分に現れ、冗談めかして島時間のせいにした。

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