wartime, times of war

to ration, distribute

rationing, distribution, especially of food

the way in which something is tightly packed or close together without gaps

(rare, archaic) wondrous, miraculous, splendid, sublime / (rare, archaic) dignified, solemn, stern, noble, refined / (rare, archaic) beautiful, pretty

stern, grave, forbidding; dignified, stately / strict, unforgiving / tight, close, without gaps / harsh, tough, extreme, severe, hard to withstand (said of natural phenomena)

food

to limit, to restrict

limit, restriction

中々: very, quite, considerably, rather, by no means (with negative verb)