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minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoEnglish doesn’t have a single word for “government official who has been giving kickbacks to a company and therefore upon retirement gets a sinecure position in that company” but Japanese does. https://jisho.org/search/amakudari
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoI quite like 転勤族, or tenkinzoku, myself. “person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner’s job” https://jisho.org/search/tenkinzoku
minus-squareBarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoCorrupt, regulatory capture or SEC employeecomes to mind lol
English doesn’t have a single word for “government official who has been giving kickbacks to a company and therefore upon retirement gets a sinecure position in that company” but Japanese does.
https://jisho.org/search/amakudari
I quite like 転勤族, or tenkinzoku, myself. “person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner’s job”
https://jisho.org/search/tenkinzoku
Corrupt, regulatory capture or SEC employeecomes to mind lol