茨城県[ibarakiken] Ibaraki prefecture (Kantou area)
茨の冠[ibaranokanmuri] a crown of thorns
茨の道[ibaranomichi] thorny path
茨垣[ibaragaki] thorn hedge

猿捕茨[sarutoriibara] Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)
茨姫[ibarahime] Sleeping Beauty
野茨[noibara] multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

垂迹[suijaku] temporary manifestation by a buddha (in order to save people)
筆迹[hisseki] handwriting
真迹[shinseki] true autograph

事迹[jiseki] evidence
本地垂迹説[honjisuijakusetsu] manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
迹門[shakumon] first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being