不作|ふさくfusaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounpoor crop; bad harvest; crop failure
   洪水こうずいのため米こめは不作ふさくだった。↗

   The rice crop was poor, owing to the floods.
2. nounlow quality (e.g. of literary works)

• Antonym豊作ほうさくNeutralThe neutral antonym: a bumper harvest, the opposite of 「不作」's poor crop. Also used figuratively for a period that produces many outstanding people or works.
• Antonym豊穣ほうじょうWrittenA written, formal word for an abundant grain harvest — the opposite of 「不作」. Best known from the festival phrase 「五穀豊穣」.

Use 「不作」 for a poor harvest or, by extension, poor quality of works, as in 「今年は米が不作だ」. For a bumper harvest say 「豊作」; in written or formal prose, 「豊穣」.

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1. 天候てんこうなどの影響えいきょうにより農作物のうさくもつの出来できが悪わるいこと。
2. 作品さくひんなどのできが悪わるいこと。
3. すぐれた人材じんざいや作品さくひんなどがあまり出でないこと。