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Meanings

noun

special envoy; special emissary

Refers to a person sent on a specific diplomatic or official mission, often with temporary authority.

政せい府ふは和わ平へい交こう渉しょうのために特とく使しを派は遣けんした。
The government dispatched a special envoy for peace negotiations.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を特とく使しに任にん命めいするto appoint someone as a special envoy
首しゅ相しょうは元もと大だい臣じんを特とく使しに任にん命めいした。
The prime minister appointed the former minister as a special envoy.
特とく使しを派は遣けんするto dispatch a special envoy
政せい府ふは和わ平へい交こう渉しょうのために特とく使しを派は遣けんした。
The government dispatched a special envoy for the peace negotiations.
特とく使しとして〈場ば所しょ〉を訪ほう問もんするto visit a place as a special envoy
彼かれは特とく使しとして北きた朝ちょう鮮せんを訪ほう問もんした。
He visited North Korea as a special envoy.

Kanji

特special
使use, send on a mission, order

Related words

大たい使しN3
大使 is a permanent, resident ambassador, while 特使 is dispatched temporarily for one specific mission.
使し節せつN1
使節 broadly refers to a delegation or mission (often a group), whereas 特使 denotes a single designated envoy.
公こう使しN1
公使 is a formal diplomatic rank below ambassador stationed abroad, while 特使 is a mission-specific envoy without a fixed rank.
使し者しゃ
特使 is a special envoy sent for a specific diplomatic mission, while 使者 is the general word for any messenger or representative.

Don't confuse with

密みっ使し
密使 is a secret envoy sent covertly, while 特使 is an openly designated special envoy.
特とく派は員いん
特使 means a special envoy sent on a diplomatic mission, while 特派員 usually means a news correspondent, so the two are easily confused due to the shared 特 and 'specially sent' nuance.

Etymology

Compound of 特 (special) and 使 (envoy/messenger). The reading is on'yomi.

Related words

大たい使しN3

大使 is a permanent, resident ambassador, while 特使 is dispatched temporarily for one specific mission.

使し節せつN1

使節 broadly refers to a delegation or mission (often a group), whereas 特使 denotes a single designated envoy.

公こう使しN1

公使 is a formal diplomatic rank below ambassador stationed abroad, while 特使 is a mission-specific envoy without a fixed rank.

使し者しゃ

特使 is a special envoy sent for a specific diplomatic mission, while 使者 is the general word for any messenger or representative.

Don't confuse with

密みっ使し

密使 is a secret envoy sent covertly, while 特使 is an openly designated special envoy.

特とく派は員いん

特使 means a special envoy sent on a diplomatic mission, while 特派員 usually means a news correspondent, so the two are easily confused due to the shared 特 and 'specially sent' nuance.