きょうさく
bad harvest; poor crop
JLPT N1 Common word
Noun, No-adjective
米作べいさくは今年ことしは凶作きょうさくだ。
The rice crop is poor this year.
昨年さくねんは異常いじょうな冷夏れいかで、稲作いなさくは１０年ねんぶりの凶作きょうさくだった。
It was exceptionally cold last summer, and the rice crop was the worst in 10 years.