Good fortune comes from a smiling gate?
笑門来福：わらうかどくるふく：warau kado kuru fuku
Literally, smiling/laughing gate comes fortune.
NTT, on their calendar, translated it as "Fortune enters through a merry gate."
How about "Fortune comes in through a laughing doorway?" Or maybe a smile brings good luck? When you're happy, the whole world smiles with you?
Any way you look at it, there's some kind of connection there between smiling and good fortune.
Literally, smiling/laughing gate comes fortune.
NTT, on their calendar, translated it as "Fortune enters through a merry gate."
How about "Fortune comes in through a laughing doorway?" Or maybe a smile brings good luck? When you're happy, the whole world smiles with you?
Any way you look at it, there's some kind of connection there between smiling and good fortune.