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)

米突[meetoru] metre
烟突[entotsu] chimney
危機突破[kikitoppa] crisis relief
強突張り[goutsukubari] stubbornness
玉突[tamatsuki] billiards

激突[gekitotsu] crash into
剣突[kentsuku] rough scolding
剣突を食わす[kentsukuwokuwasu] to burst out in anger
小突く[kozuku] to poke
衝突[shoutotsu] collision

一念発起[ichinenhokki] being resolved to (do something)
引き起す[hikiokosu] to cause
縁起[engi] omen
喚起[kanki] arousal
起きる[okiru] to get up

起上る[okiagaru] to rise
起す[okosu] to raise
起こり得る[okoriuru] to be possible to occur
起る[okoru] to occur
起つ[tatsu] to rise up