端は境ざかい期き

noun

between-crops season; off-crops season

Agricultural term for the period between harvests when produce is scarce. Also used figuratively for a transitional gap between periods.

• 端は境ざかい期きに入はいると、野や菜さいの値ね段だんが上あがる。

  When the between-crops season begins, vegetable prices rise.

• 今いまは新しん製せい品ひんの端は境ざかい期きで、売うり上あげが落おちている。

  We are now in a lull between product cycles, and sales are down.