外がい交こう官かん補ほ

noun

probationary diplomat; diplomatic attaché

A junior diplomat in training, typically a recent entrant to the foreign service who has not yet received a full posting. The term is used in Japanese government contexts.

• 彼かれは外がい交こう官かん補ほとして外がい務む省しょうで研けん修しゅうを受うけている。

  He is undergoing training at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a probationary diplomat.

• 外がい交こう官かん補ほの任にん期きは通つう常じょう二に年ねん間かんです。

  The term for a diplomatic attaché is usually two years.