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Japanese
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天降り
天降
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Etymology
Compound of 天 (ama, “heaven, heavens”) + 下り (kudari, “the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 下る kudaru, “to descend, to come down””).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
天下り • (amakudari)
- descent to earth from heaven
- Synonyms: 天降人 (amakudaribito), 天人 (amabito), 天人 (amehito), 天人 (tennin)
- the entity making such a visit: an avatar
- Synonyms: 化身 (keshin), 権化 (gonge)
- 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
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