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.
さかえる
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.
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.
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.
中国には、覚せい剤の生産で栄えていた村がありました。
There was a village in China flourishing from their production of stimulants.