- noun poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure
- low quality (e.g. of literary works)
不作
ふさく
poor crop
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In sentences
去年は不作だった。 The crops failed last year. #182208
毎年毎年不作続きだった。 They had poor crops year after year. #81233
水不足のため不作だった。 We've had a poor crop due to lack of water. #143641
今年は米作は不作だった。 The rice crop was scanty this year. #171296
女房の悪さは六十年の不作。 A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband. #147228
洪水のため米は不作だった。 The rice crop was poor, owing to the floods. #173536
不作で食料がひどく不足した。 The bad harvest caused massive food shortages. #85092
不作は日照り続きのためだった。 The drought was blamed for the poor crop. #85091