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ご苦労さんごくろうさんExpressionsthanks for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
一切皆苦いっさいかいくExpressionsall things are suffering
夜露死苦よろしくExpressionsbest regards; please treat me well
楽あれば苦ありらくあればくありExpressionsafter pleasure comes pain; no pleasure without pain
楽は苦の種、苦は楽の種らくはくのたね、くはらくのたねExpressionsthere's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain
生みの苦しみうみのくるしみExpressionslabor pains; birth pangs · throes of creation; struggle to produce something new
良薬は口に苦しりょうやくはくちににがしExpressionsgood advice may be hard to take; good medicine tastes bitter
良薬口に苦しりょうやくくちににがしExpressionsgood medicine tastes bitter; the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to
若い時の苦労は買うてもせよわかいときのくろうはこうてもせよExpressionsspare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
若い時の苦労は買ってもせよわかいときのくろうはかってもせよExpressionsspare no effort while you are young; hardships in youth pay off later
苦にするくにするExpressionsworry about; be bothered by; take to heart
苦になるくになるExpressionsbe bothered; feel troubled; weigh on one's mind
苦労をかけるくろうをかけるExpressionscause trouble; burden someone
苦杯をなめるくはいをなめるExpressionsdrink a bitter cup; have a bitter experience; suffer a defeat
苦あれば楽ありくあればらくありExpressionsno pain, no gain; no cross, no crown
苦は楽の種くはらくのたねExpressionsno pain, no gain; one cannot have pleasure without pain
苦汁をなめるくじゅうをなめるExpressionshave a bitter experience; taste the bitterness of life
苦に病むくにやむExpressionsworry excessively; be sick with worry