好こう事じ多た磨ま

expression

good things are often accompanied by hardship; joy rarely comes without trouble

A yojijukugo proverb meaning that happy events or good fortune are frequently accompanied by difficulties or obstacles. Used in a reflective or cautionary tone.

• 結けっ婚こん式しきの準じゅん備びは大たい変へんだったが、好こう事じ多た磨まというものだ。

  Preparing for the wedding was tough, but as they say, good things come with difficulties.

• 念ねん願がんの留りゅう学がくが決きまったが、ビザの手て続つづきで苦く労ろうした。まさに好こう事じ多た磨まだ。

  I finally got to study abroad, but the visa process was a struggle. Truly, joy is rarely unalloyed.