繁盛 (hanjou)
prosperity, flourishing, thriving
- JLPT N1
- Pitch 1
- #11353 most frequent
Meaning
繁盛 (はんじょう, hanjou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “prosperity, flourishing, thriving”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
最近商売が繁盛しています
Recently, business is booming.
彼の商売は繁盛した.
His business has prospered.
あの店は繁盛している.
The store has plenty of customers [is doing good business].
私の商売は繁盛している。
My business is prospering.
今あまり繁盛していません。
My business is slow right now.
私達は、商売が繁盛している。
We have very good business.
彼の店は非常に繁盛している.
His store is doing very well.
彼の指導の下で商売は繁盛した。
The business prospered beneath his guiding hand.
商売は、繁盛しているようですね。
Your business is flourishing, I hear.
まず商売を繁昌させてから妻をめとれ。
First thrive and then wive.
暖簾分けの他にも、繁盛にあやかろうと三河屋を名乗るものが多くなった。
Use of the name of Mikawaya increased because a store separated from an original Mikawaya also used the name of Mikawaya and also because many independently established stores used the name of Mikawaya to share the luck of Mikawaya's prosperity.
しばしば、湯飲みなどに「春夏二升五合冬」と書いて、「商い（秋無い）益々繁盛」の縁起物とされる。
On a teacup or something, they often write 'spring, summer, 2 masu 5 go, and winter' (no autumn), and these words read as 'akinai masu masu hanjo' (means 'business prospers more and more'), and the thing with these words is regarded as a good luck charm.