ワーキングホリデー

わーきんぐほりでー
noun
working holiday
travelwork
1. working holiday; working holiday visa program
A program based on bilateral agreements that lets young people stay in a partner country long-term and take short-term work to fund their travel. The full form of the abbreviation ワーホリ.
ワーキングホリデーカナダ()った
I went to Canada on a working holiday.
ワーキングホリデー制度(せいど)利用(りよう)する
to make use of the working holiday program.
ワーキングホリデービザ一般(いっぱん)年齢(ねんれい)制限(せいげん)あり申請(しんせい)できる三十歳(さんじゅっさい)までだ。
Working holiday visas generally have an age limit, and you can only apply up to the age of thirty.

The full form of the common abbreviation ワーホリ. Refers to a scheme that combines travel with the right to work part-time abroad.

Common collocations

  • ワーキングホリデー(): to go on a working holiday
  • ワーキングホリデービザ: a working holiday visa
  • ワーキングホリデー制度(せいど): the working holiday program

Usage

Usually restricted to young people (often up to age 30) from countries that have a working holiday agreement with the destination country.