豊ほう作さく

ほ

う

さ

く

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Used for a crop or harvest that is larger than usual. Common with crop names such as 米, 麦, りんご, and in phrases like 今年は豊作だ.

今年ことしは米こめが豊ほう作さくだ。
This year's rice crop is abundant.
台たい風ふうの被ひ害がいが少すくなく、りんごは十じゅう年ねんぶりの豊ほう作さくだった。
With little typhoon damage, apples had their first bumper crop in ten years.

See all 50 example sentences ›

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が豊ほう作さくだa crop is abundant this season
今年ことしは米こめが豊ほう作さくだ。
This year's rice crop is a bumper harvest.
〈物もの〉が豊ほう作さくになるa crop turns out to be a bumper harvest
今年ことしはりんごが豊ほう作さくになった。
The apple harvest turned out great this year.
豊ほう作さくを祝いわうto celebrate a bumper harvest
村むらの人ひと々びとは豊ほう作さくを祝いわって祭まつりを開ひらいた。
The villagers held a festival to celebrate the bumper harvest.

Kanji

豊bountiful, excellent, rich
作make, production, prepare

Related words

豊ほう年ねん
豊年 describes a whole year of good harvests, while 豊作 focuses on the abundant crop or harvest itself.
大おお当あたり
豊作 is the standard term for a bumper crop, while 大当たり casually emphasizes an exceptionally good harvest year like hitting a jackpot.
実みのり
豊作 specifically describes a bountiful, successful harvest, whereas 実り is the neutral term for ripening or crop yield regardless of how abundant it is.

Opposites

不ふ作さくN1
不作 means a poor harvest, the direct opposite of 豊作's abundant harvest.
凶きょう作さくN1
凶作 describes a severe crop failure, a more disastrous-sounding opposite of 豊作 than 不作.
飢き饉きんN2
豊作 means a bountiful harvest, the direct opposite of the crop failure that leads to 飢饉.

Word family

豊ほう作さく貧びん乏ぼう
bumper crop poverty; farmers' income decline due to overproduction
豊ほう作さく飢き饉きん
bumper crop poverty; farmers' impoverishment due to overproduction

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 豊, associated with abundance, and 作, associated with crops or production; together it conventionally means an abundant crop or harvest.