上じょう作さく

noun

good crop; masterpiece

Used for agricultural produce (a good harvest) or for a well-made work (a fine piece of art, writing, etc.). The two glosses represent distinct domains; context makes the intended meaning clear.

• 今年ことしは天てん候こうに恵めぐまれて上じょう作さくだった。

  Thanks to good weather, we had a good crop this year.

• この小しょう説せつは彼かれの上じょう作さくの一ひとつだ。

  This novel is one of his masterpieces.