若い時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 Also written 若いときの苦労は買ってもせよ Meanings Expression spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age Kanji 若 young. Read as わかい. 時 time. Read as とき. 苦 suffer 労 labor. Read as ロウ. 買 buy. Read as かう. Word lists Proverbs Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists