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    3. 若い時の苦労は買ってもせよ

    若い時の苦労は買ってもせよ

    若わかい​時ときの​苦く労ろうは​買かっ​て​も​せ​よ​

    spare no effort while you are young

    NTExpressionsCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab61 strokes

    若いときの苦労は買ってもせよ

    わかいときのくろうはかってもせよ

    Expressions

    1.
    spare no effort while you are young, heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    若
    わか.い・わか-・も.しくわ・も.し・も.しくは・ごと.し…(5)
    young・if・perhaps・possibly・low number…(1)
    Kanji
    時
    とき・-どき…(3)
    time・hour
    Kanji
    苦
    くる.しい・-ぐる.しい・くる.しむ・くる.しめる・にが.い・にが.る…(1)
    suffering・trial・worry・hardship・feel bitter…(1)
    Kanji
    労
    ろう.する・いたわ.る・いた.ずき・ねぎら・つか.れる・ねぎら.う…(1)
    labor・thank for・reward for・toil・trouble
    Kanji
    買
    か.う…(1)
    buy
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    の
    no
    Kana
    は
    ha
    Kana
    っ
    small tsu
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    も
    mo
    Kana
    せ
    se
    Kana
    よ
    yo
    Kana
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