凶きょう歳さい

noun

poor crop year; bad harvest year

Literary term for a year of poor harvest or famine. Not used in everyday conversation; more common in historical or literary contexts.

• 凶きょう歳さいが続つづき、村むらは飢き饉きんに苦くるしんだ。

  Poor crop years continued, and the village suffered from famine.