笑しょう門もん来らい福ふく

expression

laugh and grow fat; fortune comes to a smiling home

Proverb meaning that a cheerful, smiling household attracts good luck and happiness. Often used as a calligraphic motto or on New Year's decorations. Compare 笑う門には福来る, which is the full phrase.

See also: 笑う門には福来る

• 玄げん関かんに「笑しょう門もん来らい福ふく」の掛かけ軸じくを飾かざっている。

  I have a hanging scroll with 'Laugh and grow fat' displayed in the entrance.

• 笑しょう門もん来らい福ふくという言こと葉ばを信しんじて、毎まい日にち笑え顔がおを忘わすれないようにしている。

  Believing in the saying 'Fortune comes to a smiling home,' I try not to forget to smile every day.