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平作 (へいさく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

平へい作さく

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さ

く

Meanings

1

noun

normal crop; average harvest

Agricultural term for a harvest that is neither particularly good nor bad; an ordinary yield.

今年ことしの米こめは平へい作さくだった。
This year's rice harvest was average.

Kanji

平even, flat, peace
作make, production, prepare

Similar words

豊ほう作さく
豊作 means a bumper crop or abundant harvest, while 平作 is an ordinary, average harvest.
凶きょう作さく
凶作 means a poor crop or bad harvest, the opposite of 豊作; 平作 sits in the middle.

Etymology

Compound of 平 (へい, 'flat, ordinary') and 作 (さく, 'crop, harvest').