凶作きょうさく Common Noun Noun English jmdict 1 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no' bad harvest;poor crop 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.