Ｖターン

noun

V-turn; moving to a city for study then elsewhere for work

A wasei-eigo term describing a life path: move from a rural area to a city for university, then relocate to a different city (not back home) for employment. Contrasts with U-turn (returning home) and I-turn (moving directly to a new place).

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from V turn

• 彼かれは地ち方ほうから東とう京きょうの大だい学がくに進しん学がくし、卒そつ業ぎょう後ごは大おお阪さかで就しゅう職しょくするＶターンを選えらんだ。

  He chose a V-turn: he went from his rural hometown to a Tokyo university, then after graduation took a job in Osaka.

• Ｖターン就しゅう職しょくを支し援えんする制せい度どが増ふえている。

  Programs supporting V-turn employment are increasing.