How to hope something is going well?

Question

I would like to hope that someone's small business is going well.

I know is someone's business is going well they can say:

「店は繁盛している」

but, how can I say "I hope your store is prosperous/I hope business is going well"

sawa · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-11 17:38:44Z

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Maybe, just add 願う 'hope' or 祈る 'pray'.

お店の繁盛を願っています/祈っています

answered Feb 11 '12 at 17:38

sawa
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	Can 繁盛でありますように be used? – Flaw Feb 12 '12 at 6:09
	@Flaw That is ungrammatical. You can say 繁盛しますように. – sawa Feb 12 '12 at 9:02
	The ungrammaticality is also reflected in English as using でありますように would mean "to be prosperity(noun)" as opposed to "to prosper(verb)". Is this a correct analysis? (I'm trying to understand why it's not grammatical) – Flaw Feb 12 '12 at 11:53
	@Flaw It is close to that, but parallel with English is not always reliable. Often, corresponding concepts belong to different categories (e.g., 好き: na-adjective vs. like: verb). 繁盛 is not a na-adjective, and is a suru-noun. – sawa Feb 12 '12 at 13:54

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