凶作

きょうさく

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective bad harvest; poor crop

Kanji

• 凶 ill omen. Read as キョウ.
• 作 make. Read as サク.

Example sentences

• 昨年は異常な冷夏で、稲作は１０年ぶりの凶作だった。
  It was exceptionally cold last summer, and the rice crop was the worst in 10 years.
• 米作は今年は凶作だ。
  The rice crop is poor this year.

Common phrases

• 凶作が続く

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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