作さく柄がら

noun

crop condition; harvest; yield

Refers to how well crops have grown and, by extension, the resulting harvest or yield. Common in reports such as 作柄が良い, 作柄が悪い, or 平年並みの作柄.

• 今年ことしの米こめの作さく柄がらは平へい年ねん並なみだ。

  This year's rice crop is about average.

• 長なが雨あめの影えい響きょうで、野や菜さいの作さく柄がらが悪わるい。

  Because of the prolonged rain, the vegetable crop is poor.

noun

quality of an artistic work; workmanship; level of execution

Used in criticism or discussion of created works, especially literary or artistic works, to describe the quality or finish of the work. This is more specialized than the everyday word 出来.

• この短たん編ぺん集しゅうは作さく品ひんごとに作さく柄がらにばらつきがある。

  The quality varies from piece to piece in this short-story collection.

• 晩ばん年ねんの作さく品ひんとしては作さく柄がらが充じゅう実じつしている。

  For a work from his later years, it is rich and well executed.