天あま下くだり

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

amakudari; golden parachute into private sector

Refers to the practice of high-ranking bureaucrats retiring into well-paid positions in private or semi-private companies they once regulated. Often carries a critical or political tone.

• 天あま下くだりは長なが年ねん問もん題だい視しされてきた。

  Amakudari has been regarded as a problem for many years.

• 彼かれは財ざい務む省しょうから大おお手て銀ぎん行こうに天あま下くだりした。

  He parachuted from the Ministry of Finance into a major bank.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

top-down order; imposition from above

Used when a decision or command is handed down from a higher authority without room for discussion. Often implies a unilateral, non-negotiable directive.

• その方ほう針しんは完かん全ぜんな天あま下くだりだった。

  That policy was a complete top-down imposition.

• 上じょう司しからの天あま下くだり的てきな指し示じには従したがうしかなかった。

  I had no choice but to follow the order handed down from my boss.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

descent from heaven

Original literal meaning, referring to a god or divine being descending from the heavens. Now mostly encountered in mythological or literary contexts.

• 古こ事じ記きには神かみの天あま下くだりが描えがかれている。

  The Kojiki depicts the descent of gods from heaven.