難

hard to understand; hard to accept

fire escape ladder

person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.

the hardest thing of all

Abbreviation

net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe

hard to replace (with other person)

hard to choose between (because both are excellent); equally matched; of comparable quality

(engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other

unable to decline; hard to refuse

being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place

rescue helicopter

internally displaced person

Proverb; Su verb - precursor to the modern suru

hardship makes the man

nanba walking; walking with the arm and leg on each side of the body moving in sync

difficult to make friends with

nanba running; running with the arm and leg on each side of the body moving in sync

overcoming a difficulty; breaking through a barrier; clearing a hurdle

Law

Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

difficult to translate; untranslatable

difficult to explain

Proverb

study hard while you are young; boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder

Arduous March; North Korean famine of the late 1990s

Organization name

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR

political refugee