天下で under the sun

天下に in the world●on earth

天下に〔~の〕 under the reign of

天下に号令する dictate to the whole country●hold sway over the country●rule the whole country

天下に名を成す make one's mark in the world

天下の under the sun

天下の奇観 natural wonder

天下の奇勝 place of rare scenic beauty●place of unusual beauty

天下の公道 king's highway●queen's highway

天下の主となる become the ruler of the kingdom

天下の宝刀 →　伝家の宝刀

天下り descent from heaven●golden parachute〔【語源】企業が吸収合併されるときに、買収された側の会社のトップ経営者が有利な（高額の）退職手当をもらえるところから、金のパラシュートで落下するというイメージ〕●golden parachuting●high-ranking government officials obtaining executive posts in private firms with which they used to do business●placement of a retiring bureaucrat of high rank in a well-paying job in the private sector●practice of civil servants retiring into related private-sector jobs●practice of parachuting retired government officials onto public corporations●practice of senior bureaucrats retiring into key jobs in semigovernmental corporations or the private sector in fields closely linked to their government roles●private-sector re-employment for government officials who retire●re-employment of retired bureaucrats●re-employment of retired civil service workers●re-employment of retired public servants in the private sector●reassignment of ex-government officials to positions in private of semigovernment organizations●retired bureaucrats parachuting into positions as advisers and executives in private and semipublic firms and organizations●revolving door syndrome〈米〉〔主にロビー活動機関に入る〕

天下り〔政府高官の〕 practice of high-level government officials taking jobs in the private sector

天下りさせる 【他動】parachute

天下りする descend from heaven into executive positions●get plum jobs

天下りする〔~に〕 parachute into

天下りする人 parachutist

天下りで批判される be criticized giving cushy jobs to retired bureaucrats

天下りで非難される be criticized giving cushy jobs to retired bureaucrats

天下りを防ぐ prevent retired government officials from getting preferential treatment in their new positions or for their businesses

天下り官僚 parachutist

天下り先を確保する secure plum jobs for retiring officials

天下り役人〔~からの〕 officials dispatched from

天下を治める rule over the whole country

天下を失う lose the kingdom

天下を取る come into power●conquer a country●hold the reins of government●rule over the whole land●rule the world●take full control of the nation●take the helm of the ship of state●take the reins of government

天下を取る野心を持っている carry a marshal's baton in one's knapsack

天下を定める bring peace to a country

天下を統一する bring the whole country under one's rule●unify a country

天下を睥睨する lord it over the world

天下一品で out of this [the] world

天下一品との定評がある have a reputation second to none

天下一品の 【形】world-class

天下御免のわがまま者 chartered libertine

天下広しといえども in this whole wide world

天下国家を論じる set [put] the world to rights

天下統一に乗り出す start to dominate the whole country

天下分け目の戦い decisive battle