トラバーユ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

job change; career change

Specifically refers to changing jobs or occupations, often used in HR or career contexts. Can be used as a suru-verb (トラバーユする).

from French travail

• 彼かれは30歳さいでトラバーユを決けつ意いした。

  He decided to change jobs at 30.

• トラバーユする前まえに、しっかり準じゅん備びしよう。

  Let's prepare thoroughly before changing jobs.

noun

work; labor

Rarely used in modern Japanese for general 'work'; the primary meaning is 'job change'. This sense is mostly historical or found in older texts.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、トラバーユが「労ろう働どう」の意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In old documents, トラバーユ is sometimes used to mean 'labor'.