"天下り" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [a̠ma̠kɯ̟da̠ɾʲi] Forms: 天下り [canonical] (ruby: (あま), (くだ)), amakudari [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 天 (ama, “heaven, heavens”) + 下り (kudari, “the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 下る kudaru, “to descend, to come down””). Etymology templates: {{ja-l/helper|下る||}} 下る, {{ja-l|下る}} 下る, {{compound|ja|天|下り|t1=heaven, heavens|t2=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 下る kudaru, “to descend, to come down”|tr1=ama|tr2=kudari}} 天 (ama, “heaven, heavens”) + 下り (kudari, “the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 下る kudaru, “to descend, to come down””) Head templates: {{ja-noun|あまくだり}} 天(あま)下(くだ)り • (amakudari)
  1. descent to earth from heaven Synonyms: 天降人, 天人, 天人, 天人
    Sense id: en-天下り-ja-noun-gjC2rvwJ
  2. the entity making such a visit: an avatar Synonyms: 化身, 権化
    Sense id: en-天下り-ja-noun-xxKIoJa~
  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
    Sense id: en-天下り-ja-noun-OBog1w~F Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 11 25 64 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 17 75 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 17 76 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 17 33 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 16 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 15 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 9 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Buddhism
Disambiguation of Buddhism: 0 0 0
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      "langcode": "ja",
      "name": "Buddhism",
      "orig": "ja:Buddhism",
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        "Culture",
        "Society",
        "All topics",
        "Fundamental"
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      "source": "w+disamb"
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          "あま"
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          "下",
          "くだ"
        ]
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          "word": "天人"
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          "word": "天人"
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          "word": "化身"
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          "word": "権化"
        }
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      "other": "あまくだり"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ma̠kɯ̟da̠ɾʲi]"
    }
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  "word": "天下り"
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          "くだ"
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        "descent to earth from heaven"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "天降人"
        },
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          "word": "天人"
        },
        {
          "word": "天人"
        },
        {
          "word": "天人"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "the entity making such a visit: an avatar"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "化身"
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          "word": "権化"
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    }
  ],
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