expression:

• it's hard to discipline one's mind; defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard [literal] - proverb

expression:

• even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to kick hard ➜ 蹴飛ばす

noun:

• hard-headed; stubborn

noun:

• hard charcoal

noun:

• hard-sectored disk - IT term

noun:

• closed-mouthed form (statue with closed mouth, symbolizing the "um" half of "aum")

noun / ~する noun:

• having a hard time getting used to unfamiliar places (of children)

noun:

• skills acquired through hard training; feats of practice - Martial Arts term

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to work hard; to sweat
• to wash off one's sweat

noun:

• hard disk recorder

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cook hard

noun:

• hard sectoring - IT term

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place - four character idiom ➜ 一生懸命
• sticking at living in one place

noun or verb acting prenominally / ~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• semi-hard (bag, cheese, etc.)

noun:

• hard court

noun:

• hard disk drive; hard drive - IT term

adjective:

• hard to attain to

noun / ~する noun:

• making a web page hard to find through search engines; avoiding search engines - slang

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• hard-core (music, porn, etc.); hardcore; hard core (fruit, etc.)

noun:

• hard biscuits; hardtack

noun:

• hard power ➜ ソフトパワー

noun:

• unscrupulous sales practice involving expensive hard-to-break contracts - From English "catch sales"