豊作(ほうさく)

ほうさく
noun
bountiful harvest, bumper crop
1. bountiful harvest, bumper crop, good yield
An exceptionally good harvest where crops are abundant. The opposite of 不作 (poor harvest). Also used figuratively for any area producing abundant results.
今年(ことし)は米(こめ)が豊作(ほうさく)だ。
This year's rice harvest is bountiful.
天候(てんこう)に恵(めぐ)まれて豊作(ほうさく)になった。
Blessed with good weather, it became a bumper crop.
豊作(ほうさく)で野菜(やさい)の値段(ねだん)が下(さ)がった。
Vegetable prices dropped due to the bumper harvest.

Usage

豊作(ほうさく) is primarily used in agricultural contexts. It often appears in news reports about farming and food prices. The word can also be used figuratively (e.g., 今年(ことし)は新人(しんじん)の豊作(ほうさく)だ — this year is a bumper crop of new talent).

Common collocations

  • 豊作(ほうさく)に恵(めぐ)まれる: to be blessed with a good harvest
  • 大(だい)豊作(ほうさく): exceptionally bountiful harvest
  • 米(こめ)の豊作(ほうさく): bountiful rice harvest
  • 豊作(ほうさく)貧乏(びんぼう): poverty from abundance (when oversupply crashes prices)

Similar words

不作(ふさく) (poor harvest) is the antonym. 収穫(しゅうかく) (harvest) is a neutral term for the act of harvesting, without implying whether the yield was good or bad.

Related Words

Antonym: 不作(ふさく) (poor harvest)
Antonym: 凶作(きょうさく) (crop failure (severe))
Related: 稲刈(いねか)り (rice harvesting)
Compare: 平年(へいねん) (normal year)
Compare: 豊漁(ほうりょう) (good catch)
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Added 2026.2.28 12:09 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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