ふさく – Vocabulary details

ふさく

Noun

1. poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure

2. low quality (e.g. of literary works)

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さく

un-; non-; negative prefix

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband

水みず不ぶ足そくのためふさくだった。

We had a poor harvest because of the lack of water.

今こ年としは米べい作さくはふさくだった。

The rice crop was scanty this year.

洪こう水ずいのため米べいはふさくだった。

The rice crop was poor, owing to the floods.

昨さく年ねんは雨あめが多おおく米こめはふさくだった。

We had a bad rice crop last year because it rained a lot.

今こ年としの豊ほう作さくが去きょ年ねんのふさくを埋うめ合あわせるだろう。

This year's good harvest will make up for last year's bad one.

異い常じょう低てい温おんが今こ年としの米こめのふさくの原げん因いんである。

Unusually low temperatures account for the poor rice crop this year.

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