天下り

Japanese

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

Etymology

(heaven) + 下り (descent)

Noun

天下り (hiragana あまくだり, rōmaji amakudari)

  1. in Japan's postwar period, the practice of awarding a high-level bureaucrat with a high-paying job after retirement
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