アラビア数字[arabiasuuji] Arabic numeral
キリル文字[kirirumoji] Cyrillic character
ギリシア文字[girishiamoji] Greek character
羅馬字[roomaji] Latin alphabet
ロシア文字[roshiamoji] Russian character

異体字[itaiji] kanji variants
一字[ichiji] letter
一字千金[ichijisenkin] word of great value
一丁字[itteiji] single letter or character
一文字[ichimonji] straight line

運輸省[unyushou] Ministry of Transport
外務省[gaimushou] Ministry of Foreign Affairs
各省[kakushou] each ministry
冠省[kanshou] Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that...
帰省[kisei] homecoming

教育省[kyouikushou] Department of Education
省みる[kaerimiru] to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past)
厚生省[kouseishou] Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
国防総省[kokubousoushou] National Military Establishment
国務省[kokumushou] State Department

緩衝[kanshou] buffered
緩衝器[kanshouki] shock absorber
緩衝地帯[kanshouchitai] buffer zone
刺衝[shishou] stabbing
衝撃[shougeki] shock

衝撃波[shougekiha] shock wave
衝動[shoudou] impulse
衝動行為[shoudoukoui] shock action
衝動買い[shoudougai] impulsive buying
衝突[shoutotsu] collision