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不作

Reading

Kana: ふさく
Romaji: fusaku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

poor crop; crop failure

Kanji

Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build

Example Sentences

去年(きょねん)不作(ふさく)だった。
➥The crops failed last year.
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今年(ことし)米作(べいさく)不作(ふさく)だった。
➥The rice crop was scanty this year.
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女房(にょうぼう)(わる)さは(ろく)(じゅう)(ねん)不作(ふさく)
➥A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.
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毎年(まいとし)毎年(まいとし)不作続(ふさくつづ)きだった。
➥They had poor crops year after year.
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水不足(みずぶそく)のため不作(ふさく)だった。
➥We had a poor harvest because of the lack of water.
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洪水(こうずい)のため(こめ)不作(ふさく)だった。
➥The rice crop was poor, owing to the floods.
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