Meanings

drawing water from river or lake

grabbing a handful (of)

catching flies

lost and found office

Narcotics Control Act

seed-raising

order-taking

quick

(senior) managing director

sketching

to clean up

layering (a plant)

card to pick up (esp. in hyakunin isshu karuta, i.e. the card printed with the second half of a poem)

confidence trick

to deplete

namely

one's followers or hangers-on

leaving behind

to throw away

temporary receipt