Korean slang profile
J턴 현상
jteon hyeonsang
Moving to a city near one’s hometown
A pattern in which people working in a large city move for employment to a regional city near their hometown instead of returning directly home.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Nov 1999
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
귀향과 다른 J턴 현상의 사례를 조사했다.
I researched examples of J턴 현상, distinct from returning directly home.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
Gyeonggi Province’s November 1999 지식행정 용어해설집 uses this expression for moving from a large city to a regional city near one’s place of origin for employment. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The November 1999 revised edition was compared on PDF page 320. The definition was checked. This is a general or specialist abbreviation of the time; it does not mean it originated or became popular that year. First use was not verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 지식행정 용어해설집 (경기도, 1999년 11월 수정판)Published Nov 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026