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)

隣の芝生は青い[tonarinoshibafuhaaoi] the grass is always greener on the other side
近隣[kinrin] neighbourhood
近隣諸国[kinrinshokoku] neighboring countries
先隣[sakitonari] next door but one
善隣[zenrin] good neighbour

善隣友好[zenrinyuukou] neighbourly friendship
又隣[matadonari] second door from here
両隣[ryoudonari] both sides
隣り[tonari] neighbor (neighbour)
隣家[rinka] neighbouring house