home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world
Proverb encouraging a broad-minded view that one can find a place to live or be buried anywhere; often used to console someone who has to leave home or to express a free-spirited attitude. The literal meaning is 'wherever there are humans, there are green mountains (burial places).'
「人間到る処青山あり」と言うから、心配せずに旅立とう。
They say 'home is wherever one lays one's hat,' so let's set off without worry.
転勤が決まったが、人
I've been transferred, but I'll do my best with the spirit that you can make your living anywhere.
Standard kanji form of the proverb.
Variant with 所 instead of 処.
From 人間到処有青山, a line in the farewell poem 『将東遊題壁』 by the late-Edo Japanese monk 月性. 青山 here signifies a burial place, expressing resolve to find a place to live and die anywhere.