盛せい況きょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

great success; prosperity; booming

Describes an event, business, or gathering that is thriving, well-attended, or flourishing. Often used in formal or written contexts.

新しん店てんは連

れん

日じつ

盛せい

況きょう

だ

。

The new store is booming every day.

展てん示じ会かいは大だい盛せい況きょうのうちに終しゅう了りょうした。

The exhibition ended with great success.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉は盛せい況きょうを呈ていするfor an event to be a great success
展てん覧らん会かいは大たい変へんな盛せい況きょうを呈ていした。
The exhibition was a huge success.
盛せい況きょうのうちに終おわるto end on a successful, thriving note
祭まつりは盛せい況きょうのうちに終おわった。
The festival ended with great success.
盛せい況きょうを博はくすto achieve great success (of an event)
新しん作さく映えい画がは公こう開かい初しょ日にちから盛せい況きょうを博はくした。
The new movie was a great success right from its opening day.

Kanji

盛boom, prosper, copulate
況condition, situation

Related words

繁はん盛じょうN1
繁盛 typically describes a business or shop doing well financially, while 盛況 describes an event or gathering being lively and well-attended.
賑にぎわい
賑わい is a more everyday word for the lively bustle of a place or event, while 盛況 is a formal noun stressing overall success and turnout.
成せい功こうN4
成功 is a general word for success in any endeavor, while 盛況 specifically describes a thriving, crowded event or business.

Opposites

不ふ振しんN1
不振 describes a slump or poor performance, the opposite of the thriving state described by 盛況.

Don't confuse with

盛せい衰すい
盛況 means a thriving, prosperous state (of an event or business) at one point in time, whereas 盛衰 describes the whole cycle of rising and falling over time.

Word family

大だい盛せい況きょう
great success; roaring business · packed; busy; crowded

Etymology

Compound of 盛 (prosperous, lively) and 況 (condition, situation). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a flourishing state.