Laugh Now, Cry Later (ima warai ato de naku)

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Here we offer 6 different hand-brushed Japanese Laugh Now, Cry Later tattoo designs by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. For these Laugh Now, Cry Later tattoo designs the fonts are different, but the characters and the meaning are the same. So order the style you like - the meaning is the same for each design.

Laugh Now, Cry Later in Japanese is 今笑い後で泣く which is read ima warai ato de naku. The Japanese phrase ima warai ato de naku 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".

Immediately Download Your Tattoo Design

With your order, you will receive everything you need for the perfect Laugh Now, Cry Later in Japanese Tattoo. Your design comes as an Adobe PDF file which means it will print exactly as Master Takase brushed the design and, of course, it includes the line art (also called a stencil) which your tattoo artist must have to properly ink the design.

As soon as your order is placed, you can immediately download your Japanese tattoo design. We also send you an email with instructions should you want to download the design in the future. The Adobe PDF file completely documents the design and contains everything your tattoo artist needs to properly ink the design. Your tattoo artist does not need to know Japanese.

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