prosperous; flourishing; thriving
Used for industries, businesses, towns, regions, and activities that are doing well or flourishing.
The tourism industry is thriving in this town.
popular; widespread; widely practiced
Often describes a sport, custom, study, religion, or local activity that many people do or that is well established in a place.
この地域ではサッカーが盛んだ。
Soccer is popular in this region.
active; lively; vigorous; strong
Describes energetic activity, lively movement, strong force, or vigorous bodily or natural processes.
成長期は新陳代謝が盛んだ。
Metabolism is active during the growth period.
血気盛んな若者たちが集まった。
Hot-blooded young people gathered.
enthusiastic; eager; frequent; repeated
Especially common as 盛んに, describing someone doing something eagerly or an action occurring often and repeatedly.
彼は新しい企画を盛んに勧めている。
He is eagerly promoting the new project.
最近、この問題が盛んに議論されている。
Recently, this issue has been discussed frequently.
Soccer is very popular in this area.
Fishing is a major industry in this town.
He asked questions eagerly and repeatedly.
Enthusiastic applause broke out from the venue.
thriving business; prosperous trade
cordial reception; warm welcome
Rare kanji variant listed; 盛ん is the normal spelling.