代だい理り公こう使し

noun

chargé d'affaires

A diplomatic rank below ambassador; the head of a diplomatic mission in the absence of an ambassador, or a lower-ranking envoy.

• 大たい使しが不ふ在ざいの間あいだ、代だい理り公こう使しが大たい使し館かんを運うん営えいした。

  While the ambassador was away, the chargé d'affaires ran the embassy.