刺状突起

しじょうとっき とげじょうとっき

prickle (of plants)

突き刺す

つきさす

to stab, to pierce, to thrust

突き刺さる

つきささる

to stick into, to pierce, to run into

心に突き刺さる

こころにつきささる

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching

胸に突き刺さる

むねにつきささる

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.)

刺

し とげ

calling card

突っ突く

つっつく

to poke (repeatedly, lightly), to nudge

刺絡

しらく

bloodletting

牛刺

ぎゅうさし うしとげ

sliced raw beef

刺し

さし

grain thief, sharpened tube for testing rice in bags

名刺

めいし

business card

刺激

しげき

stimulus, impetus, incentive, encouragement, motivation, provocation, excitement, thrill

刺す

さす

to sting, to bite

刺股

さすまた

man-catcher war fork

鰺刺

あじさし アジサシ あじとげ

tern (esp. the common tern, Sterna hirundo)

刺身

さしみ

sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

刺草

いらくさ イラクサ じんま おいら

nettle (Urtica thunbergiana)

刺蛾

いらが イラガ

Monema flavescens (species of slug moth)

刺青

いれずみ

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing