알바

A casual term for part-time job work, usually referring to short-term or hourly paid jobs commonly done by students or young adults. It comes from the Korean pronunciation of the English word “labor” through Japanese usage. In modern slang, it often implies exhausting, low-paid, or temporary work.

Word origin: Arbeit (🇩🇪) > アルバイト(Arbeit 🇯🇵) > 아르바이트 (areubaiteu 🇰🇷) > 알바 (shortened from '아르바'이트)