天降

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	降
あま Grade: 1	くだ(り) Grade: 6
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 天降 – see the following entry.

【天下あまくだり】 [noun] descent to earth from heaven [noun] the entity making such a visit: an avatar [noun] 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 Alternative spelling 天降り

(This term, 天降, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)