荊棘[odoro] briars
棘皮動物[kyokuhidoubutsu] echinoderm
荊棘[keikyoku] wild rose
荊棘線[barasen] barbed wire

骨棘[kotsukyoku] bone spur
棘魚[togeuo] stickleback (any fish of family Gasterosteidae)
棘鼠[togenezumi] Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
棘条[kyokujou] spiny ray (of a fin)

スポーツ新聞[supootsushinbun] sporting newspaper
悪徳新聞[akutokushinbun] irresponsible newspaper
逸聞[itsubun] something unheard of
叡聞に[eibunni] (in the) emperor's hearing
下聞[kabun] enquiring beforehand

下聞き[shitagiki] enquiring beforehand
寡聞[kabun] limited information
怪聞[kaibun] strange rumor
外聞[gaibun] reputation
旧聞[kyuubun] old news