あまくだり

天下り

N5Common wordNoun
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.)orderimposition
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
descent from heaven

Example Sentences

あの会社(かいしゃ)社長(しゃちょう)天下(あまくだ)りだ。

That company's president got there through amakudari (a former bureaucrat placed in a cushy post).

新聞(しんぶん)天下(あまくだ)りの実態(じったい)(くわ)しく(ほう)じた。

The newspaper reported in detail on the realities of amakudari.

官僚(かんりょう)天下(あまくだ)りが長年(ながねん)問題(もんだい)になっている。

Bureaucrats' amakudari has been a problem for many years.

政府(せいふ)天下(あまくだ)りを規制(きせい)する(あたら)しい法律(ほうりつ)(つく)った。

The government created a new law to regulate amakudari.

(かれ)退職後(たいしょくご)天下(あまくだ)りで大手(おおて)企業(きぎょう)役員(やくいん)になった。

After retiring, he became an executive at a major company through amakudari.