"笑う門には福来る" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

IPA: [β̞a̠ɾa̠ɯ̟ ka̠do̞ ɲ̟i β̞a̠ ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ kʲita̠ɾɯ̟] Forms: 笑う門には福来る [canonical] (ruby: (わら), (かど), (ふく), (きた)), warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru [romanization]
Etymology: Phrase consisting of 笑う (warau, “to laugh”) + 門 (kado, “gate, door; house, household; family”) + に (ni, directional particle) + は (wa, topic and contrastive particle) + 福 (fuku, “good fortune”) + 来る (kitaru, “to come along, to make its way to”). First cited to a text from the late 1500s. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|に|pos=directional particle}} に (ni, directional particle) Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|わらう かど に は ふく きたる}} 笑(わら)う門(かど)には福(ふく)来(きた)る • (warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru)
  1. good fortune comes to the homes of those who smile Wikipedia link: Daijirin, Daijisen#Online_search_engines, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 笑門来福 (shōmonraifuku), 笑門福来 (shōmonfukurai)
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