全ぜん盛せい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

height of prosperity; heyday; golden age

Refers to the peak period of power, influence, or flourishing, often used with 時代, 期, or in the phrase 全盛を極める.

彼かれの全ぜん盛せい期きはもう過すぎた。
His heyday has already passed.
この町まちは江え戸ど時じ代だいに全ぜん盛せいを極きわめた。
This town reached its peak of prosperity in the Edo period.

Usage patterns

全ぜん盛せいを極きわめるto reach the height of prosperity or dominance
この会かい社しゃは一いち時じ代だい、全ぜん盛せいを極きわめた。
This company reached the height of its prosperity at one point.
〈人ひと〉が全ぜん盛せいを誇ほこるfor someone to boast dominance during their peak
彼かれはその時じ代だい、球きゅう界かいで全ぜん盛せいを誇ほこっていた。
He was at the height of his dominance in the baseball world during that era.
〈人ひと〉の全ぜん盛せい期きsomeone's heyday or prime
全ぜん盛せい期きの彼かれは誰だれにも負まけなかった。
In his prime, he never lost to anyone.

Kanji

全whole, entire, all
盛boom, prosper, copulate

Related words

隆りゅう盛せい
隆盛 is a more formal word for flourishing, often used for cultural or artistic prosperity, while 全盛 is broader and common in everyday or news contexts.
絶ぜっ頂ちょう
絶頂 emphasizes the single highest point of something (e.g. a career or popularity), whereas 全盛 describes an extended period of overall peak prosperity.
繁はん栄えいN1
繁栄 refers broadly to prosperity or flourishing (often of a nation or business), while 全盛 specifically points to the peak period within that flourishing.
花はな盛ざかり
全盛 is the standard term for something being at the height of its popularity or success, while 花盛り uses the flower-blooming image figuratively for the same idea.

Opposites

衰すい退たいN1
衰退 means decline or waning, the opposite of 全盛's peak of prosperity.
没ぼつ落らくN1
没落 describes a downfall or ruin, contrasting with 全盛's height of power or prosperity.
下した火びN1
全盛 describes something at its peak of popularity or strength, the opposite of 下火, which describes it fading.

Word family

全ぜん盛せい期き
heyday; golden age; prime
全ぜん盛せい時じ代だい
golden age; heyday; prime

Etymology

Compound of 全 (all, whole) and 盛 (flourish, prosper), literally 'fully flourishing'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning has been stable in Japanese.