Meanings

labor pains

agonizing decision

the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to

Good Friday

bitter medicine

ultramafic rock

Indian quassia (Picrasma quassioides)

story of one's struggles

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

I appreciate your efforts

thank you (for your hard work)

coolie

hard fighting