Alternative spelling of 天下り: descent to earth from heaven; 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 revolving door syndrome

calling the spirits of the dead / spiritualism

to call, contact, or communicate with the spirits of the dead, to act as a medium

not always, not necessarily / not completely / not exactly, not strictly speaking, not technically

stiffen / for a person to freeze, for one's expression to freeze

ferromagnetism

patient; persevering; of great fortitude

strong shaking

accent; stress

(Classical Japanese, archaic) to compel, compulse, force