appointed time; timetable; schedule
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
particularly; only; in the case of
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
while moving; on the move
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
complete set; all; everything
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
already known; well-known
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.