To Flourish
To Prosper
intransitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means flourish or prosper, so the verb vocab versions of these would be to flourish or to prosper.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: What do you flourish at? You're an amazing soccer (さか) player who flourishes and prospers no matter where you go to play this wonderful (but not as good as baseball) sport.
私は、教育にお金をかければ国は栄えると思います。
I believe that if we spend money on education, our country will flourish.
この町は、かつては銀山で栄えていました。
This used to be a prosperous silver mining town.
この街はもっと栄えてるのかと思ってました。
I thought this city would be more prosperous.