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：2026/01/09
天下り
Hiragana
あまくだり
Noun
Japanese Meaning
中央省庁の高級官僚が退職後に関連する政府機関や民間企業の高い地位に再就職すること / 天から人間界・地上へ神や仏・高位の存在が降りてくること。また、その現象や行為 / 上位の機関や立場からの一方的な指示・方針の押し付けを、受け手側から皮肉を込めて言う語
Easy Japanese Meaning
かみさまがてんからちじょうにおりてくること
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
降临人间（自天而降） / 下凡 / 降世化身
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
由天而降的降臨 / 天降使者 / 神靈的化身
Korean Meaning
하늘에서 땅으로 내려오는 일 / 강림한 신적 존재(화신)
Indonesian
turunnya dari surga ke bumi / penjelmaan/avatara yang turun ke bumi
Vietnamese Meaning
sự giáng thế từ trời xuống / đấng hoặc thực thể giáng thế; hóa thân (avatar)
Tagalog Meaning
pagbaba mula sa langit patungo sa lupa / nilalang o diyos na bumaba mula sa langit / pagkakatawang-tao (avatar) ng isang diyos
Sense（1）
descent to earth from heaven
Sense（2）
the entity making such a visit: an avatar
Sense（3）
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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descent to earth from heaven / the entity making such a visit: an avatar
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天下り
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He appeared as if he had descended from heaven.
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彼はまるで天下りのように現れた。
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