Laugh Now, Cry Later in Japanese Calligraphy

今笑い後で泣く (ima warai ato de naku)

The Japanese phrase 今笑い後で泣く meaning "Laugh Now, Cry Later" is composed of the words 今 (read ima) meaning "now; the present; just now", 笑い (read Warai) meaning "Laugh; laughter", 後で (read atode) meaning "afterwards; then" and 泣く (read naku) which is the verb meaning "to cry". In Japanese the verb comes at the end of the sentence and so you may have noticed that the word order when directly translated to English is "now laugh, later cry".

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