Translation guide
A bumper crop is an unusually large harvest. In Japanese, this is expressed with specific nouns and phrases that emphasize abundance, often tied to agricultural contexts.
Describing a harvest that is larger than usual, often due to favorable conditions.
The most common and neutral term for a bumper crop or good harvest. Used in both spoken and written Japanese.
豊作 is the standard word for a good harvest. 大豊作 adds emphasis ('great harvest'). 豊穣 is more literary and often used in set phrases like 豊穣の秋 (autumn of plenty).
good harvest / bumper crop
今年は豊作だ。
This year we have a bumper crop.
The farmers are happy because of the bumper crop.
Emphasizes an exceptionally large harvest, stronger than 豊作. Often used in news or excited speech.
This year's rice harvest was a bumper crop.
Literally 'a year of bumper crop', used to describe a year with abundant harvests.
It looks like this year will be a bumper crop year.
A more literary or formal term for abundant harvest, often used in poetic or ceremonial contexts.
We welcomed an autumn of bumper crops.
exceptionally good harvest
abundant harvest (literary)