盛

Meaning

盛 centers on fullness and vigorous growth: a boom, prosperity, or something at its peak. The copulate sense is a specific biological application of that same idea of flourishing and reproductive vigor.

• 盛りさかり
  N2

  height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); (in) season; full bloom; full swing (of a party, etc.)

• 盛り上がりもりあがり

  climax; uprush

• 盛んさかん
  N4

  prosperous; flourishing; thriving; successful

• 盛るもる
  N2

  to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with

• 盛り上がるもりあがる
  N2

  to swell; to rise; to bulge; to be piled up

• 盛大せいだい
  N2

  grand; magnificent; lavish; large scale; prosperous; thriving; lively

• 旺盛おうせい
  N2

  lively; vigorous; energetic; healthy; avid (e.g. desire); rich (e.g. imagination)

• 盛り上げるもりあげる
  N1

  to pile up; to heap up

• 大盛りおおもり
  N1

  large serving; large portion

• 盛況せいきょう

  success; prosperity; boom

• 繁盛はんじょう
  N1

  prosperity; flourishing; thriving

• 隆盛りゅうせい

  prosperity; flourishing; thriving

• 全盛ぜんせい
  N1

  height of prosperity

• 盛り込むもりこむ

  to incorporate; to include

• 盛り付けもりつけ

  arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food

• 目盛りめもり
  N1

  graduations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); gradations; division; scale

• 盛衰せいすい

  rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes

• 花盛りはなざかり

  flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom

• 最盛期さいせいき

  golden age; prime; heyday; height of prosperity

• 働き盛りはたらきざかり
  N1

  prime of one's working life

• 意気盛んいきさかん

  in high spirits

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