to oppose; to face; to stand up to (someone)

for something to bend

for something to bend / to be hungry

to bend / to torment, bully

for a branch to bend due to the abundance or weight of flora

difficulties, hardship, trouble

difficult, trying, hard

bamboo / the middle of a 3-tier ranking system

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend