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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 34 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 days ago

Corrupt, regulatory capture or SEC employeecomes to mind lol

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

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