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臨時代理公使 (りんじだいりこうし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
chargé d'affaires ad interim ; acting chargé d'affaires
A diplomatic rank: a person temporarily heading a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador or permanent chargé d'affaires. Used in formal and official contexts.
彼かれ は 臨りん 時じ 代だい 理り 公こう 使し と し て ワシントン に 派は 遣けん さ れ た 。
He was dispatched to Washington as acting chargé d'affaires.
Kanji 代 substitute, change, convert 理 logic, arrangement, reason 公 public, prince, official 使 use, send on a mission, order Similar words 代だい 理り 公こう 使し 代理公使 is a chargé d'affaires (permanent), while 臨時代理公使 is specifically a temporary or acting chargé d'affaires.
大たい 使し 大使 is an ambassador, the highest-ranking diplomatic representative, whereas 臨時代理公使 is a lower-ranking temporary head of mission.
Etymology Compound of 臨時 (temporary), 代理 (acting, proxy), and 公使 (minister, diplomatic envoy). The term follows standard diplomatic nomenclature.
