運針[unshin] handling the needle
検針[kenshin] inspection of a meter
絹針[kinubari] needle for silkwork
行動方針[koudouhoushin] course of action
指針[shishin] needle (of a compass, etc.)

自主指針[jishushishin] independent guideline
畳針[tatamibari] tatami needle
針鰻[hariunagi] elver (type of eel)
針金[harigane] wire

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