天降り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	降
あま Grade: 1	くだ Grade: 6
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 天降り – see the following entry.

【天下あまくだり】

[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 spelling
天降

(This term, 天降り, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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