otitis; inflammation of the ear
wiles and cunning; craftiness and treachery
Japanese clethra; tree clethra; clethra barbinervis
tea tasting; tea-tasting; tea-tasting contest
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
profiting while others fight
dangerous area; perilous road; red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel
control line (e.g. model aircraft); timekeeping line (motorsports); finish line
fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe); weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man
joint resource; shared resource
convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; bug thought to cause children's diseases
good cause (that will bring a good reward); good deed
pratyekabuddha (one who achieves enlightenment without a teacher)
arrears; late fee; delinquent account charge
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
negative pole; anode; south magnetic pole
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
blue movie; blue film; pornographic movie (esp. one screened secretly)
permanently neutral country