noun:

• the clear top of a liquid; the clear layer in a fluid, atop the sediment

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be traced; to be tracked (by someone) - idiom
• to have a lover (for a woman) - idiom

adverb / ~する noun:

• feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver
• feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering

expression:

• two is a company, three is a crowd; one companion is better than two - proverb

noun:

• gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り・対の屋・釣り殿
• central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple)
• central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to withdraw from a society; to quit an association; to give up one's membership of a society

noun:

• right-hand match; ends-with match; backward match; matching a sub-string with the end of a field - IT term ➜ 前方一致・部分一致

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to break off; to knock off
• to create a false eye by sacrificing a stone (in go)

noun:

• patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; financial supporter
• sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha) ➜ 芸者・旦那
• patron; master; manager; boss

noun:

• speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• outside (e.g. of a building); exterior
• outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

noun:

• band

~する noun:

• to perform in a band; to create a (pop) band

noun:

• The Bund (Shanghai, China)

noun:

• leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to say as a tradition; to customarily say
• to have a habit of saying

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shave off (esp. concrete)
• to take a percentage; to take a cut

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to dump (a load of something)
• to throw from a height; to throw downwards

~する noun:

• to become a mistress; to serve as a concubine ➜ 妾奉公
• to serve one's master ➜ 主人に仕える

expression / ichidan verb:

• to receive a favorable reputation; to get good reviews; to meet with a favorable reception

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a time-limit expire; to pass a deadline; to pass an expiration date ➜ 期限切れ・切れる

noun / ~する noun:

• letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader
• contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.) ➜ 投稿

noun:

• bust (measurement)
• breasts; bosom
• upper half of the body (esp. statue or portrait); bust ➜ 上半身【じょうはんしん】・半身像【はんしんぞう】

noun:

• break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather
• lightheartedness

noun:

• futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame; cover for kotatsu

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• fluttering (esp. of thick or heavy material) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• piece of dangling cloth, paper, metal, etc. - onomatopoeia