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凶作 (kyousaku) Japanese meaning: bad harvest | Kotomora
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米こめ
の
凶きょう
作さく
が
心しん
配ぱい
さ
れ
て
いる
。
This year, a poor rice harvest is feared due to the cool summer.
In years of bad harvest, farmers' income drops sharply.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 凶きょう 作さく に 見み 舞ま われる for a place to be hit by a bad harvest
Last year, that region was hit by a bad harvest.
凶きょう 作さく が 続つづ く for bad harvests to continue
In recent years, bad harvests have continued in this region.
〈 物もの 〉 が 凶きょう 作さく になる for a crop to turn out as a bad harvest
It looks like this year's rice crop will be a bad harvest.
Kanji 作 make, production, prepare Related words 不作 is the general term for a poor harvest, while 凶作 specifically implies a disastrously bad, often disaster-level crop failure.
凶作 refers specifically to a poor harvest or crop failure, while 飢饉 is the resulting famine or food crisis that can follow.
Etymology Compound of 凶 (bad luck, disaster) and 作 (harvest, crop). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of a disastrous harvest.
