special / particular / specific

specialness, exceptionality

Japan

(archaic) Japan

Short for 日本国 (Nihon-koku): Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia) / a surname

(Internet slang) kana initials

(linguistics) kanji pronunciation based on Middle Chinese borrowings

"Modern kana usage", the method of using kana to write Japanese that has been used after the 1946 (post-war) Japanese national language reform. Unlike its predecessor, it is almost entirely phonetic, reflecting modern language with little ambiguity.

first, initial / one-eyed

principle / law / code of law / method / etiquette / (Buddhism) dharma / (grammar) mood / (mathematics) divisor