福ふく笑わらい

noun

fukuwarai; New Year's face-making game

A traditional Japanese New Year's game where a blindfolded player places paper cutouts of eyes, nose, mouth, etc. onto a blank face outline, often resulting in a comical face.

• お正しょう月がつに家か族ぞくで福ふく笑わらいをして遊あそんだ。

  We played fukuwarai as a family during the New Year holidays.

• 福ふく笑わらいで変へんな顔かおができると、みんな大おお笑わらいした。

  When a funny face was made in fukuwarai, everyone burst out laughing.