"不作" meaning in Japanese

See 不作 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɸɯ̟sa̠kɯ̟] Forms: 不作 [canonical] (ruby: 不(ふ), 作(さく)), fusaku [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ふさく}} 不(ふ)作(さく) • (fusaku)
  1. poor harvest; lean harvest
    Sense id: en-不作-ja-noun-bS7Ib5PG Categories (other): Japanese terms read with goon, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with goon: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 59 41
  2. (by extension) failure to meet expectations Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-不作-ja-noun-9EHZ-GXB Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: 豊作 (hōsaku), 満作 (mansaku), 凶作 (kyōsaku) 
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      "ipa": "[ɸɯ̟sa̠kɯ̟]"
    }
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    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 不 read as ふ",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 作 read as さく",
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