尸し位い

noun

neglecting one's duties while drawing a salary

Rare, formal term for holding a position without performing its duties, often used in the context of official corruption or incompetence. Appears in the Chinese-derived idiom 尸位素餐.

See also: 尸位素餐

• 「尸し位い素そ餐さん」という四よ字じ熟じゅく語ごは、職しょく責せきを果はたさずに報ほう酬しゅうを得えることを批ひ判はんする表ひょう現げんだ。

  The four-character idiom 尸位素餐 is an expression that criticizes receiving pay without fulfilling one's duties.