predicament;  difficult situation
 sufferings;  ordeals;  agony;  Passion (of Christ);  crucifixion
 peril;  danger;  hazard;  distress
 criticism;  blame;  censure;  attack;  reproach
 most difficult;  next to impossible
 affliction;  hardship;  difficulty;  suffering;  trouble
 difficult problem;  challenge
 intractable (diseases);  hard to cure;  rebellious;  insurgent;  refractory
 full of troubles, difficulties
 safe (e.g. choice);  secure;  innocuous;  acceptable;  passable;  satisfactory
 suffering;  distress;  hardship;  trial
 barrier;  obstacle;  difficulty;  hurdle;  deadlock
 drowning;  flood;  shipwreck
 difficult to understand;  unintelligible;  abstruse
 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
 perplexity;  difficult question;  difficult problem
 perilous pass (on a route or journey);  rough spot
 hard problem;  person hard to please;  hard nut to crack
 one difficulty;  one danger
 economic difficulties;  financial difficulties;  fiscal difficulties
 food shortage;  food scarcity;  difficulty of obtaining food
 difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
 many obstacles;  innumerable difficulties
 difficulty;  relative difficulty
 uphill task;  difficult undertaking (project)
 shortage of capital;  lack of funds;  cash flow problem
 difficult problem or question
 all obstacles;  all sorts of trouble
 (calamity of) perishing by the sword;  being wounded by the sword
 the Seven Misfortunes;  great number of faults or defects
 calamity;  evil;  misfortune
 abstruseness;  abstruse word
 difficulty of getting into a college
 indigestible;  digestion-resistant;  hard-to-digest
 ball which is hard to hit or catch
 sudden or unexpected disaster
 being driven to the wall;  finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea;  finding oneself between a rock and a hard place
 deaf person;  hearing-impaired person
 difficult reading of a kanji
 becoming more difficult (e.g. exam);  increasing difficulty
 labor shortage;  labour shortage
 (television or radio signal's) poor reception
 difficult character;  complicated kanji