Word Meaning 楽あれば苦あり

らくあればくあり rakuarebakuari

楽あれば苦あり is read as らくあればくあり (rakuarebakuari) and means after pleasure comes pain.

Meaning

English

after pleasure comes pain
there is no pleasure without pain
there is no rose without a thorn
take the good with the bad

Reading

Kana

らくあればくあり

Romaji

rakuarebakuari

Writing Variants

楽有れば苦有り らくあればくあり rakuarebakuari

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 111499 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

楽は苦の種、苦は楽の種

らくはくのたねくはらくのたね

there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain

苦あれば楽あり

くあればらくあり

no pain, no gain

苦楽

くらく

pleasure and pain

苦楽を共にする

くらくをともにする

to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with)

苦は楽の種

くはらくのたね

one cannot have pleasure without pain

抜苦与楽

ばっくよらく

a Buddha or Bodhisattva taking away suffering and conferring peace

楽観

らっかん

optimism

楽園

らくえん

paradise

楽曲

がっきょく

musical composition

楽勝

らくしょう

easy victory

楽部

がくぶ

Music Department (part of the Board of Ceremonies of the Imperial Household Agency)

楽天市場

らくてんいちば

Rakuten Ichiba

Example Sentences

楽あれば苦あり。

Pleasure is the source of pain.