important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

contribution; donation

to drop in (at); to drop by; to call at; to stop by; to stop off; to stop in

to draw near; to draw closer

to run up to; to rush over

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside

stopping at a port

nearest; closest

driving opponent out of the ring while gripping his belt

polarization; polarisation

to compromise; to meet halfway

to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close