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Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease (1960 semi-fictional novel by Michiko Ishimure)

trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles

bitter tincture

strenuous pursuit of learning under difficulties

Buddhism

the pain of not getting what one seeks

hardships and privations

Buddhism

the pain of meeting people one dislikes

tight budget

Buddhism

Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)

Arduous March; North Korean famine of the late 1990s

hardships and privations

worrying oneself (about); being anxious (about); fidgeting (about)

Proverb

no pain, no gain; no cross, no crown

trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles

Buddhism

all things are causes of sufferings

being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort

to go through all sorts of hardships

Buddhism

pain caused by the five skandhas

to cause one's parents distress

filled with numerous sufferings

Idiomatic expression

to drink a bitter cup; to have a bitter experience; to suffer a defeat

Proverb

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

Proverb

spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age

Proverb

spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age