Meaning
豊作 (ほうさく, housaku) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “abundant harvest, bumper crop”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 11
今年は米が豊作でした
The rice harvest was good this year.
米作は今年豊作だ。
The rice crop is large this year.
毎年小麦は豊作だ。
The wheat crop bears a good harvest every year.
今年は豊作だった。
We have had a heavy crop this year.
今年は豊作の見込みだ。
This year promises an abundant harvest.
今年はりんごが豊作だった。
There has been a good apple harvest this year.
豊作で米の値段が下がった。
The good harvest brought down the price of rice.
この好天が続けば豊作になるだろう。
We'll have a good crop if this good weather keeps up.
今年の豊作が去年の不作を埋め合わせるだろう。
This year's good harvest will make up for last year's bad one.
米価は下落し、農民は豊作ゆえに困窮するという時代になった。
Rice price declined and the period when good harvests impoverished the peasants started.
「田植えの前に豊作を祈る「田遊び」から発達した」「渡来のものである」などの説があり、その由来には未解明の部分が多い。
There are various theories about its origins, including that it developed from a 'ta-asobi' ritual to pray for a good harvest before planting rice or that it was introduced from overseas, but there are still many uncertainties as to its origins.