the first sight of something / something seen for the first time

one should start a big project with immediate, practical steps; start small / the person who proposes something should be the first one to take practical steps to implement it

to entreat the enemy to surrender

entreating the enemy to surrender

calling the spirits of the dead / spiritualism

to call, contact, or communicate with the spirits of the dead, to act as a medium

Alternative spelling of 天下り: descent to earth from heaven; an avatar; in Japan's postwar period, the practice of awarding a high-level bureaucrat with a high-paying job after retirement (also spelled 天下り): a kind of revolving door syndrome

it’s raining

demotion

to demote