必ずしも苦い薬が行く効くとは限らない。

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必ずしも苦い薬が行く効くとは限らない。

English Translation

Bitter medicine will not necessarily do you good.

Furigana

必(かなら)ずしも苦(にが)い薬(くすり)が行(い)く効(き)くとは限(かぎ)らない。

Romanji

Kanarazushimo nigai kusuri ga iku kiku to wa kagiranai.

Words

必ずしも (かならずしも)

not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely

苦い (にがい)

bitter

薬 (くすり)

medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; small bribe

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

効く (きく)

to be effective; to show effect; to do its work; to carry out its function well; to be possible to use

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

限る (かぎる)

to restrict; to limit; to confine; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to