楽は苦の種苦は楽の種。
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English Translation
One cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain.
Furigana
Romanji
Raku wa ku no taneku wa raku no tane.
Words
楽
(らく)
comfort; ease; raku pottery
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
苦
(く)
pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship; duhkha (suffering)
の
(の)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
種
(たね)
seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story