苦は楽の種

くはらくのたね

one cannot have pleasure without pain

Meanings

  1. expression, proverb one cannot have pleasure without pain; no pain, no gain

Its kanji

In sentences

苦くは楽らくの種たね。 No pain, no gain. #179533

楽らくは苦くの種たね苦くは楽らくの種たね。 One cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain. #184135