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旺盛 (おうせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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彼かれ は 旺おう 盛せい な 好こう 奇き 心しん で 新あたら しい 分ぶん 野や に 挑ちょう 戦せん し た 。
With vigorous curiosity, he took on a new field.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 旺おう 盛せい だ for something (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.) to be vigorous or abundant
After recovering from his illness, his appetite became vigorous.
旺おう 盛せい な 〈 物もの 〉 vigorous, brimming ~ (attributive use before a noun)
She has a vivid, boundless imagination.
Kanji 旺 flourishing, successful, beautiful Related words 盛ん covers prosperity, popularity, or frequency of activities, while 旺盛 is limited to describing strong internal drives like appetite or curiosity.
活発 describes lively, active behavior or movement, whereas 旺盛 focuses on the intensity of an internal quality such as energy or desire.
精力的 describes a person acting energetically on many tasks, while 旺盛 describes the abundance of an underlying drive or quality itself.
Word family brimming with vitality; full of vigor; full of life
high morale; heightened fighting spirit
full of energy; highly motivated; full of drive
Written forms 旺おう 盛せい Usage 99%
Standard kanji form; widely used in news and formal writing.
おうせい Usage 1%
Etymology Composed of 旺 (flourishing, vigorous) and 盛 (prosperous, abundant). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination conventionally conveys a state of thriving intensity.
食しょく 欲よく 旺おう 盛せい
voracious; having a hearty appetite
brimming with curiosity; full of curiosity
