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天降
天降
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 降 |
|
あま Grade: 1 |
くだ(り) Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi | |
Noun
天降 (hiragana あまくだり, romaji amakudari)
- Coming down to earth from heaven.
- The entity making such a visit; an avatar.
- 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 golden parachute. Related to regulatory capture.
Synonyms
- (someone descended from heaven): 天降人 (あまくだりびと, amakudaribito); 天人 (てんにん, tennin; あまびと, amabito; あめひと, amehito)
- (avatar of a god): 化身 (けしん, keshin), 権化 (ごんげ, gonge)
See also
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Golden parachute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Regulatory capture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Avatar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia