Poor harvest - Fusaku

Japanese: 不作 - ふさく

〘noun〙① (━suru) To not cultivate. ※Koyasan documents - Nin'an 3rd year (1168) November date, complaints from Ota Sho's Satonin and others: "For years, _{I have not} known anything about the poor _harvest , _so I came to _complain ." [Shiji - Zhao Shijia] ② (adjective-verb) A poor crop. Also, the state of being such. Poor harvest. Mistake. [Season: Autumn] [Shojoshu (1454)] ※Uesugi family documents - (date unknown) (Muromachi period) Nagao Iinuma and others' land survey ledger: "The poor harvest in the 15th year of Bunmei was brought to my attention." ③ In general, a poor quality piece of work, etc. It can also refer to failed crops.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (━する) 耕作しないこと。※高野山文書‐仁安三年（1168）一一月日・太田庄沙汰人等愁状「年来之間不_レ知_二見不作_一令_レ弁来之処」〔史記‐趙世家〕② (形動) 作物の出来が悪いこと。また、そのさま。凶作。違作。《季・秋》〔撮壌集（1454）〕※上杉家文書‐（年月日未詳）（室町）長尾飯沼氏等知行検地帳「文明十五不作、為当起目立」③ 一般に、作品などのできの悪いこと。また、失敗作などをもいう。

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