刺さる[sasaru] to stick
刺し[sashi] grain thief
刺し貫く[sashitsuranuku] to pierce
刺し殺す[sashikorosu] to stab to death
刺し傷[sashikizu] a stab

刺通す[sashitoosu] to stab
刺し網[sashiami] gill net
刺す[sasu] to pierce
刺客[shikaku] assassin

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)

鼺鼠[momi] giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)
鼯鼠[momonga] small Eurasian flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga)
熬海鼠[iriko] dried sea slug
海鼠[namako] sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
栗鼠[risu] squirrel (excluding flying squirrels)

どぶ鼠[dobunezumi] brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)
黒鼠[kuronezumi] black rat
鼠の嫁入り[nezuminoyomeiri] light shower
鼠疫[soeki] plague