栄える: to prosper
栄える sakaeru
to prosper; to flourish
JLPT N1Town & travel
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Example sentences
中期は、約五千五百年前から始まり、縄文時代でいちばん栄えた時期です。
The Middle stage began about 5,500 years ago and was the most prosperous stage of the Jōmon period.
From the lesson 縄文時代の六つの時期
三内丸山のような大きなムラが栄え、火焔型土器も作られました。
Large villages such as Sannai-Maruyama flourished, and flame-style pottery was made.
From the lesson 縄文時代の六つの時期
オオヤマツミは、悲しんで言いました。「二人を置けば、命は岩のように長く、花のようにもさかえたでしょう。でも、姉を返して、妹だけを置いたので、命は花のように短くなるでしょう。」
Ōyamatsumi said sadly, “Had you kept both, your life would have been long like a rock and you would have flourished like blossoms. But since you sent the elder sister back and kept only the younger, your life will be short like a flower.”
From the lesson 天孫降臨