What does 不作 mean?
不作 is a Japanese noun meaning “poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure” in English. It can also be translated as “low quality (e.g. of literary works)” depending on context. It is written as 不作 in kanji, ふさく in hiragana, and fusaku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
洪水のため米は不作だった。
The rice crop was poor, owing to the floods.