殷いん賑しん

na-adjective, noun

prosperity; bustling prosperity

A literary, somewhat archaic term describing a place or scene as thriving and bustling with activity. Rare in everyday speech; more common modern equivalents include 繁栄 (はんえい) or にぎわい.

• かつて殷いん賑しんを極きわめた港みなと町まちも、今いまは静しずかな漁ぎょ村そんに過すぎない。

  The port town that once enjoyed great prosperity is now just a quiet fishing village.

• 殷いん賑しんな市いち場ばの描びょう写しゃが、その小しょう説せつの冒ぼう頭とうにある。

  A description of a bustling marketplace appears at the beginning of that novel.