Meanings

net proceeds (e.g. after an offering of securities)

to remove the scum (from a broth or liquid)

enterprising and daring

company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

inquiry

make a choice among many

interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context

to take care doing something

unnatural

to curry favour

attentively

attentively

making great haste, having been caught off guard

of little importance

to extort (money)

insect catching

water-drawing ceremony (performed at Tōdaiji on March 13)

lively or quick witted person

sequential sampling inspection (with reposition)

temporary receipt