difficult;  hard;  impossible;  unfeasible;  fussy;  particular;  gloomy
 difficulty;  hardship;  trouble;  infeasibility;  inability (to carry out)
 criticism;  blame;  censure;  attack;  reproach
 taking refuge;  finding shelter;  evacuation;  escape;  seeking safe haven
 difficult to ...;  hard to ...
 safe (e.g. choice);  secure;  innocuous;  acceptable;  passable;  satisfactory
 calamity;  misfortune;  disaster
 degree of difficulty;  difficulty level
 affliction;  hardship;  difficulty;  suffering;  trouble
 hard to say;  inexpressible;  hesitant to say;  embarrassing;  delicate
 difficulty;  trouble;  accident;  disaster;  fault;  defect
 to look displeased;  to frown;  to scowl;  to look grave;  to look serious
 suffering;  distress;  hardship;  trial
 grateful;  thankful;  welcome;  appreciated;  evoking gratitude
 grateful;  thankful;  welcome;  appreciated;  evoking gratitude
 disaster;  accident;  shipwreck;  distress
 difficult to understand;  unintelligible;  abstruse
 hard to please;  moody;  crusty;  fastidious
 unbearable;  intolerable;  unendurable
 difficult problem;  challenge
 difficult voyage;  hard flight;  rough going;  rough passage;  running into trouble
 barrier;  obstacle;  difficulty;  hurdle;  deadlock
 a little difficult;  slightly hard;  not feasible;  not possible
 refugee;  displaced person;  person inconvenienced by (lack of something);  person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
 fault;  weakness;  flaw;  crux (of a matter);  difficult point;  point of contention
 Herculean task;  next-to-impossible undertaking
 perplexity;  difficult question;  difficult problem
 shelter;  safe shelter;  evacuation shelter;  place of refuge
 slightly difficult;  somewhat bothersome;  troublesome;  peevish;  querulous
 unbelievable;  incredible;  implausible
 to avoid misfortune;  to escape danger
 evacuees;  displaced persons;  refugees
 hard to get;  hard to come by
 labored breathing;  laboured breathing;  dyspnea;  dyspnoea
 to blame;  to find fault with
 most difficult;  next to impossible
 criticism;  blame;  censure;  attack;  reproach
 perilous pass (on a route or journey);  rough spot
 beyond help;  past salvation;  incorrigible;  irredeemable
 having many difficulties in store;  grim prospects
 to be extremely difficult;  to present a major challenge
 hard-to-forgive;  intolerable;  inexcusable;  unpardonable
 Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
 evacuation site;  exposure;  refuge shelter;  shelter
 peril;  danger;  hazard;  distress
 sufferings;  ordeals;  agony;  Passion (of Christ);  crucifixion
 to blame;  to find fault with
 hard problem;  person hard to please;  hard nut to crack
 trial and tribulation;  hardships;  privations;  difficulties
 evacuation advisory;  official advice to evacuate
 hardships;  privations;  difficulties
 national crisis;  national disaster
 suffering;  distress;  difficulty;  hardship;  misery;  being bogged down
 difficult to imagine;  quite unlikely to;  very doubtful;  would not expect
 difficult delivery;  difficult childbirth;  dystocia
 one difficulty;  one danger
 unbearable;  intolerable;  unendurable
 economic difficulties;  financial difficulties;  fiscal difficulties
 evacuation order;  evacuation notice
 full of troubles, difficulties
 food shortage;  food scarcity;  difficulty of obtaining food
 difficult to obtain;  difficult to get
 hardness of hearing;  bradyacusia;  deafness;  hearing loss
 drowning;  flood;  shipwreck
 place of refuge;  refugee destination
 at all costs;  at any cost;  surmounting all difficulties
 to blame;  to find fault with
 one thing after another;  out of the frying pan and into the fire
 Herculean task;  next-to-impossible undertaking
 hard to understand;  incomprehensible;  unintelligible
 escape route;  evacuation route
 difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
 accident at sea;  maritime accident
 many obstacles;  innumerable difficulties
 value;  worth;  virtue;  blessing
 to be grateful;  to feel grateful;  to be thankful
 living in evacuation shelters
 value;  worth;  virtue;  blessing
 unshakable;  immovable;  undeniable
 to regard someone with odium;  to look at someone with reproach
 to blame;  to find fault with
 unapproachable;  inaccessible;  difficult to access
 unwelcome favor;  unwelcome favour;  misplaced kindness
 shortage of capital;  lack of funds;  cash flow problem
 uphill task;  difficult undertaking (project)
 difficult problem or question
 hard-to-get-into university;  elite university;  highly-selective university
 thankfully;  fortunately;  luckily;  mercifully
 uncontrollable;  irrepressible
 difficulty;  relative difficulty
 future problems;  consequences
 evacuation route;  escape route (for evacuees)
 unapprovable;  unable to be confirmed
 to heap abuse upon (a person);  to criticize strongly;  to blast (someone)
 all obstacles;  all sorts of trouble
 enraged outcry;  loud protest;  being bitterly criticized by others;  being loudly denounced by others
 value;  worth;  virtue;  blessing
 accident at sea;  sea disaster;  shipwreck
 to criticize;  to point out faults;  to speak ill of
 hard to see;  obscure;  indistinct;  illegible
 to avoid misfortune;  to escape danger
 hard-to-get-into school;  elite school;  highly-selective school
 intractable (diseases);  hard to cure;  rebellious;  insurgent;  refractory
 formidable;  not to be sneered at;  not to be made light of
 Herculean task;  next-to-impossible undertaking
 it's easier said than done; (lit.) saying is easy; doing is hard
 the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains;  a series of disasters
 to be extremely difficult;  to present a major challenge
 to accept (a thing) with thanks
 difficult to read (e.g. obscure kanji)
 (calamity of) perishing by the sword;  being wounded by the sword
 to criticize;  to point out faults;  to speak ill of
 person who is hard to please;  difficult person;  grouch;  sourpuss
 value;  worth;  virtue;  blessing
 the Seven Misfortunes;  great number of faults or defects
 hard to control;  unmanageable
 deep-rooted (suspicion, etc.)
 hard-to-get-into university;  elite university;  highly-selective university
 unwelcome favor;  unwelcome favour;  misplaced kindness
 hard to understand;  incomprehensible;  unintelligible
 difficult to solve;  intractable (problem)
 to accept (a thing) with thanks
 sea rescue;  air-sea rescue;  ASR
 predicament;  difficult situation
 hard to understand;  incomprehensible;  unintelligible
 evacuation door;  escape hatch
 flame retardance;  flame resistance;  incombustibility
 calamity;  evil;  misfortune
 designated evacuation shelter
 wrecked ship;  ship in distress
 evacuation site;  refuge shelter;  shelter
 hard-to-do;  difficult;  tough;  awkward;  tricky
 difficult to hear;  indistinct;  hesitating to ask;  awkward to ask;  unpleasant to hear;  painful to listen to
 abstruseness;  abstruse word
 difficult to eat;  unpalatable
 refugee status determination;  refugee recognition;  certification of refugee status
 net cafe refugee;  homeless person living in an Internet cafe
 financial difficulties;  pecuniary embarrassment
 a 'seeming' of ill fortune concerning women
 difficult to say which of the two is better;  hard to tell which is better;  (there is) little to choose between them
 inconvenient (residence);  unpleasant (surroundings);  difficult (to live in)
 difficult to approach;  inaccessible
 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;  UNHCR
 the hard way;  striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha)
 difficulty of getting into a college
 rescue ship;  salvage boat
 Herculean task;  next-to-impossible undertaking
 thankfully;  fortunately;  luckily;  mercifully
 (illuminated) emergency exit signs
 net cafe refugee;  homeless person living in an Internet cafe
 difficult to write or draw;  does not write well (pen, brush, etc.)
 indigestible;  digestion-resistant;  hard-to-digest
 sudden deafness;  SD;  sudden sensorineural hearing loss;  SSHL
 dysmenorrhea;  dysmenorrhoea
 to regard someone with odium;  to look at someone with reproach
 attacking by argument;  denunciation;  condemnation;  heated controversy
 accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)
 trials and tribulations;  adversities;  suffering hardships and troubles
 person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.
 awkward (difficult) question
 person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.
 ball which is hard to hit or catch
 sudden or unexpected disaster
 (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism;  repeated attacks on each other
 being driven to the wall;  finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea;  finding oneself between a rock and a hard place
 Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
 hard-to-do;  difficult;  tough;  awkward;  tricky
 thank you for your continued patronage
 labor shortage;  labour shortage
 nanba walking;  walking with the arm and leg on each side of the body moving in sync
 internally displaced person
 hard to replace (with other person)
 overcoming a difficulty;  breaking through a barrier;  clearing a hurdle
 deaf person;  hearing-impaired person
 enraged outcry;  loud protest;  being bitterly criticized by others;  being loudly denounced by others
 enraged outcry;  loud protest;  being bitterly criticized by others;  being loudly denounced by others
 trials and tribulations;  adversities;  suffering hardships and troubles
 there is no place like home;  home is sweet to an exile
 Arduous March;  North Korean famine of the late 1990s
 someone unable to fulfil their shopping needs (esp. in areas of depopulation or due to lack of transport);  people who have been cut off from the retail sector; (lit.) shopping refugee
 designated evacuation shelter
 something difficult to teach
 refuge;  evacuation center
 study hard while you are young; (lit.) boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
 worker who does not have time to eat lunch
 mountain (pile) of difficult problems
 unable to decline;  hard to refuse
 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
 can't occur easily;  difficult to happen
 marine accident inquiry;  marine accident enquiry
 difficult (to obtain, receive permission, access, etc.);  tough (to do, etc.)
 difficult reading of a kanji
 difficult to make friends with
 emergency evacuation map;  escape route plan;  escape route map
 fake refugee;  phony refugee;  illegal migrant disguised as a refugee
 becoming more difficult (e.g. exam);  increasing difficulty
 to heap abuse upon (a person);  to criticize strongly;  to blast (someone)
 hard to say;  inexpressible;  hesitant to say;  embarrassing;  delicate
 unbearable;  intolerable;  unendurable
 risky;  dangerous;  insecure
 thank you for your continued patronage
 enraged outcry;  loud protest;  being bitterly criticized by others;  being loudly denounced by others
 difficult to solve;  intractable (problem)
 deep-rooted (suspicion, etc.)
 Naniwa Bay (old name for Osaka Bay)
 hard to replace (with other person)
 person who is hard to please;  grouch;  complainer;  whiner
 hard to understand;  hard to accept
 illegible;  indecipherable
 difficult to translate;  untranslatable
 (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism;  repeated attacks on each other
 nanba running;  running with the arm and leg on each side of the body moving in sync
 to be thankful;  to feel grateful;  to show one's gratitude
 It is hard to explain;  It is hard to say
 both people are superb in skill (and thus it is hard to rank them)
 Marine Accidents Inquiry Agency
 (television or radio signal's) poor reception
 elucidation of a difficult passage
 learning disability;  learning disabled
 certificate of theft (for insurance purposes, etc.)
 over-qualified person;  over-educated person (unable to find a job); (lit.) educational refugee
 life is not easy;  life is hard
 living is difficult; dying is easy
 it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it
 difficult character;  complicated kanji
 digestion resistant dextrin;  indigestible dextrin
 occupational hearing loss;  occupational deafness
 hereditary deafness;  genetic deafness
 it's hard to discipline one's mind; (lit.) defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard
 vertical evacuation (e.g. in a building during a tsunami)
 difficult;  hard;  troublesome;  complicated;  serious (disease, problem, etc.)
 one cannot live solely by oneself;  one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself; (lit.) clapping with one hand is hard
 noise-induced hearing loss;  NIHL
 Flirting with Disaster (film)
 Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata)