preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
special award; special prize
special lecturer; guest lecturer
special program; special programme
special measure; special measures
discount price; special offer price
special adoption; plenary adoption; adoption in which the relationship with the biological parents is dissolved
special precautions; special vigilance
extra charge; specially reduced charge
special investigation headquarter
special ward; administrative subdivision of a prefecture that has a directly elected mayor and assembly; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)
special number; special issue
special exhibition (at museum, etc.)
special committee; ad hoc committee
special order; custom order; bespoke (goods)
special attack unit; suicide squad; kamikaze unit
special viewing platform (even higher viewing platform)
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
aggravated breach of trust
advanced juvenile training school; special reformatory; juvenile hall for grave offenders
intensive-care old people's home
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops)
special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election
special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election
special position in the civil service (exempted from application of the Local Public Service Act)
special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong); SAR
extra-curricular activities; special activities
Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression
special city; special municipality; direct-controlled municipality
distinguished professor (unofficial title awarded by the institution itself)
(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list
Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers
special local public entity
Special Income Tax for Reconstruction (of areas affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)
special prosecutor (e.g. United States); special counsel
special-purpose entity; SPE
special drawing rights; SDR
special-express ticket (usu. needed in addition to a basic fare ticket); limited-express ticket
person with a special relationship (e.g. in inheritance); special relative
special permanent resident
special delivery (mail category)
special cash payment (e.g. during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020)
Internet Engineering Task Force; IETF
Internet Research Task Force; IRTF
special economic zone (China)