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No Pain, No Gain

苦は楽の種 (ku wa raku no tane)

The Japanese phrase 苦は楽の種 meaning "No Pain, No Gain" is composed of the word 苦 (read ku) meaning "pain", the grammatical element は (read wa) indicating the previous words is the subject, |raku,楽 comfort" (read meaning "ease)no,の| and 種 (read tane) meaning "seed". A literal translation is "pain is the seed of comfort".
No Pain, No Gain (苦は楽の種) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
No Pain, No Gain 苦は楽の種 ku wa raku no tane Block Vertical VB4C
No Pain, No Gain (苦は楽の種) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
No Pain, No Gain 苦は楽の種 ku wa raku no tane Cursive Vertical VC4B
No Pain, No Gain (苦は楽の種) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
No Pain, No Gain 苦は楽の種 ku wa raku no tane Design Vertical VD4B
No Pain, No Gain (苦は楽の種) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
No Pain, No Gain 苦は楽の種 ku wa raku no tane Design Vertical VD5B
No Pain, No Gain (苦は楽の種) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
No Pain, No Gain 苦は楽の種 ku wa raku no tane Design Vertical VD5C
No Pain, No Gain (苦は楽の種) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
No Pain, No Gain 苦は楽の種 ku wa raku no tane Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3C
No Pain, No Gain (苦は楽の種) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
No Pain, No Gain 苦は楽の種 ku wa raku no tane Semi-Cursive Vertical VS7C
No Pain, No Gain (苦は楽の種) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
No Pain, No Gain 苦は楽の種 ku wa raku no tane Cursive Horizontal HC3A

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