在ざい支し

noun

staying in China; residing in China; being stationed in China

Obsolete term from the early 20th century, used in historical or military contexts to refer to Japanese presence in China. The kanji 支 is an old, now-offensive abbreviation for China; modern Japanese would use 在中国 or 中国駐在 instead.

• 戦せん前ぜんの資し料りょうには「在ざい支し日本にほん大たい使し館かん」という表ひょう記きが見みられる。

  Pre-war documents contain the notation 'Japanese Embassy in China' using 在支.

• 祖そ父ふは若わかい頃ころ、在ざい支しの軍ぐん属ぞくとして働はたらいていたと聞きいた。

  I heard that my grandfather worked as a civilian employee stationed in China when he was young.