Word Meaning 楽は苦の種、苦は楽の種

らくはくのたねくはらくのたね rakuhakunotanekuharakunotane

楽は苦の種、苦は楽の種 is read as らくはくのたねくはらくのたね (rakuhakunotanekuharakunotane) and means there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

らくはくのたねくはらくのたね

Romaji

rakuhakunotanekuharakunotane

Writing Variants

  • 楽は苦の種苦は楽の種 らくはくのたねくはらくのたね raku ha ku no taneku ha raku no tane

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 78 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Proverb Rank 113651 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

苦は楽の種

くはらくのたね

one cannot have pleasure without pain

楽あれば苦あり

らくあればくあり

after pleasure comes pain

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)

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