あまくだり

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of あまくだり – see the following entry.
天下り
[noun] descent to earth from heaven
[noun] the entity making such a visit: an avatar
[noun] in Japan's postwar period, the practice of awarding a high-level bureaucrat with a high-paying job after retirement (also spelled 天下り): a kind of revolving door syndrome
Alternative spellings
天降り, 天降
(This term, あまくだり (amakudari), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)