<entry id="2292847" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2860310</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>良薬口に苦し</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>りょうやくくちににがし</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<gloss>the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">good medicine tastes bitter</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2024-02-28 04:23:42" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>penname01</upd_name>
<upd_detl>more common version of 良薬は口に苦し</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daijr, nikk, pixiv, koji kotowaza

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
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│ 良薬口に苦し　 │ 12,366 │ 61.2% │
│ 良薬は口に苦し │  7,832 │ 38.8% │
╰─ーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-02-28 06:01:20" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>