不作 – Vocabulary details

不ふ作さく

Noun

1. poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure

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

negative

make

ふ

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不ふ作さくだった。

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

今こ年としは米べい作さくは不ふ作さくだった。

The rice crop was scanty this year.

洪こう水ずいのため米べいは不ふ作さくだった。

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不ふ作さくだった。

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不ふ作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不ふ作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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