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    3. 天下り

    天下り

    天あま下くだり​

    retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation

    KMT5News #10+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitivePolitics & LawWork & CareerKanji Vocab9 strokes

    天降り

    あまくだり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation
    2.
    command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.), order, imposition
    3.
    descent from heaven

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    彼かれは官かん僚りょうから企き業ぎょうへ天あま下くだりした。

    He retired from government service and took a post in a private company (amakudari).

    KMT5Politics & LawWork & Career
    天あま下くだりは、日に本ほんの官かん僚りょう制せい度どにおける問もん題だいの一ひとつだ。

    Amakudari is one of the problems in Japan's bureaucratic system.

    KMT5Politics & LawWork & Career
    彼かれの新あたらしい役やく職しょくは、典てん型けい的てきな天あま下くだりのポストだった。

    His new position was a typical amakudari post.

    KMT6Work & CareerPolitics & Law
    彼かれは天あま下くだりによって、政せい府ふと民みん間かん企き業ぎょうとの間あいだに太ふといパイプを築きずいた。

    Through amakudari, he built strong connections between the government and private companies.

    KMT7Politics & LawWork & CareerBusiness & Finance
    天あま下くだり慣かん行こうは、政せい治じと経けい済ざいの癒ゆ着ちゃくを生うむと批ひ判はんされている。

    The practice of amakudari is criticized for creating collusion between politics and business.

    KMT8Politics & LawBusiness & Financelaw

    Characters that make up this word

    天
    あまつ・あめ・あま-…(7)
    heavens・sky・imperial
    Kanji
    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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