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October 03, 2005
Amakudari
Dad sent a link to a collection of reader suggested words from BBC news, which is the follow up to a previous article on words borrowed from foreign languages. My favorite candidate for inclusion in English:
In Japanese, amakudari, literally descent from heaven, describes the phenomenon of being employed by a firm in an industry one has previously, as a government bureaucrat, been involved in regulating.
Posted by Mark at October 3, 2005 01:52 PM
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