noun, na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
A somewhat formal or written word for a state or period in which a country, dynasty, culture, business, industry, or movement is flourishing strongly. Common in phrases such as 隆盛を極める, 隆盛を誇る, and 隆盛の時代.
この港町は貿易で隆盛を極めた。
This port town reached the height of prosperity through trade.
当時、この地域では絹織物業が隆盛だった。
At the time, the silk-weaving industry was thriving in this region.
その王朝の隆盛の背景には、農業の発展があった。
Behind the flourishing of that dynasty was the development of agriculture.
Industry in this region reached the height of its prosperity.
That dynasty once boasted great prosperity.
The Edo period was an era in which merchant culture flourished.
This technology is now entering a period of flourishing.