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全盛

ぜんせい

height of prosperity; peak; heyday

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Examples

  1. その歌手は今が全盛だ。

    そのかしゅはいまがぜんせいだ。

    That singer is at the peak of her popularity right now.

  2. この町は昭和の初めが全盛期でした。

    このまちはしょうわのはじめがぜんせいきでした。

    This town had its heyday in the early Showa period.

  3. 当時は白黒映画が全盛を極めていた。

    とうじはしろくろえいががぜんせいをきわめていた。

    In those days black-and-white films were at the very height of their popularity.

Common patterns

全盛期
golden age; prime; heyday
全盛を極める
to be at the very height of prosperity
全盛時代
era of greatest prosperity

Memory tip

全 'entirely' + 盛 'flourishing'. Almost always used of an era or a career rather than a person's mood, and in practice you will meet it as 全盛期 far more often than bare 全盛. 最盛期 is the close cousin used for harvests and seasons.

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