noun:

• hard work; rough physical labour ➜ あらしごと

noun:

• hard sell

noun:

• hard disk; HD - IT term

noun:

• hard shell of a nut, etc.

noun:

• hard patch - IT term

noun:

• hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university

expression:

• not hard to... (in certain circumstances, it would be possible)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean - onomatopoeia

~の noun:

• hard-boiled

expression / adjective:

• hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible; refractory

expression / adjective:

• hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

adjective:

• foul-mouthed; abusive

adverb / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• open-mouthed

noun:

• it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• hard-wired - IT term

noun:

• the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha) - Buddhism term ➜ 易行道

noun:

• hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university - abbreviation ➜ 難関大学

expression:

• the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• hard-boiled egg

noun:

• hard feelings; (mutual) resentment - usu. in the negative

noun:

• awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

noun:

• eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii) ➜ 強飯・姫飯
• first intercourse of the New Year
• loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead - slang

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
• to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

adjectival noun:

• rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality)

noun:

• clangor