preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery
special agent; special investigator
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; reduced rate
special viewing platform (even higher viewing platform)
special investigation headquarter
special number; special issue
special ward; administrative subdivision of a prefecture that has a directly elected mayor and assembly; special economic zone (in China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong); special district (of a nation with a federal structure)
special exhibition (at museum, etc.)
special committee; ad hoc committee
special order; custom order
special attack unit; suicide squad; kamikaze unit
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
aggravated breach of trust
special city; special municipality; direct-controlled municipality
advanced juvenile training school; special reformatory; juvenile hall for grave offenders
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops)
intensive-care old people's home
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
distinguished professor (unofficial title awarded by the institution itself)
special needs school; special support school
putting (a person deemed especially dangerous) on the nationwide wanted list; issuing a nationwide arrest warrant for a dangerous suspect or criminal
special fast (local) train; special rapid-service train
Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers
special local public entity
special prosecutor (e.g. United States); special counsel
Special Income Tax for Reconstruction (of areas affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)
special drawing rights; SDR
special rate (for a fare, air ticket, etc.)
special-purpose entity; SPE
special permanent resident; foreign resident in Japan since before 1945 or the descendant of such a person (mainly Koreans)
Internet Engineering Task Force; IETF
Internet Research Task Force; IRTF
special economic zone (China)
special delivery (mail category)
special-express ticket (usu. needed in addition to a basic fare ticket); limited-express ticket
special cash payment (e.g. during the COVID-19 pandemic)
person with a special relationship (e.g. in inheritance); special relative
special advisor; special adviser
special-purpose classroom
viewing as special; regarding as special; considering as special