特とく派は員いん

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Meanings

1

correspondent; special correspondent

Primarily used for journalists dispatched to cover a specific location or event, especially by newspapers or news agencies.

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The newspaper's correspondent sent a report from the war zone.

2

A broader sense referring to someone sent as a representative of an organization, not limited to journalism. Less common than the journalistic sense.

〈場ば所しょ〉特とく派は員いんcorrespondent stationed in 〈place〉
彼かれはロンドン特とく派は員いんとして働はたらいている。
He works as the London correspondent.
特とく派は員いんとして〈場ば所しょ〉に派は遣けんされるto be dispatched to a place as a correspondent
彼かの女じょは特とく派は員いんとして中ちゅう東とうに派は遣けんされた。
特とく派は員いんが〈事こと〉を報ほう道どうするa correspondent reports on something
現げん地ちの特とく派は員いんが事じ件けんの詳しょう細さいを報ほう道どうした。

記き者しゃN3sense 1
記者 is the general word for a journalist or reporter, while 特派員 specifically means a correspondent dispatched abroad or to a specific event.
代だい表ひょうN3sense 2
代表 is a general term for a representative or delegate, while 特派員 implies someone specially sent for a particular mission or task.
通つう信しん員いん sense 1
通信員 refers to a news correspondent who sends reports, and is close in meaning to 特派員 but less tied to being formally 'dispatched' by an organization.
使し者しゃ sense 2
使者 is an envoy or messenger sent to deliver a message or represent someone, similar to the representative sense of 特派員 but more formal and archaic-sounding.

特とく使し sense 2
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.

人にん
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
名めいN2
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).

Compound of 特 (とく, 'special') + 派 (は, 'dispatch') + 員 (いん, 'member/personnel'). The word follows standard Sino-Japanese word formation patterns.

She was sent to the Middle East as a correspondent.

The on-site correspondent reported the details of the incident.