毎年毎年不作続きだった。

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They had poor crops year after year.

不作は日照り続きのためだった。

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The drought was blamed for the poor crop.

不作で食料がひどく不足した。

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The bad harvest caused massive food shortages.

農夫たちは干天のため冬作の穀物は不作だろうとなげいた。

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The farmers complained that because of the dry weather there would be a poor harvest of winter grain.

水不足のため不作だった。

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We had a poor harvest because of the lack of water.

We've had a poor crop due to lack of water.

The crop was poor due to lack of water.

The harvest was poor due to lack of water.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

昨年は雨が多く米は不作だった。

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We had a bad rice crop last year because it rained a lot.

今年は米作は不作だった。

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The rice crop was scanty this year.

今年の豊作が去年の不作を埋め合わせるだろう。

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This year's good harvest will make up for last year's bad one.

洪水のため米は不作だった。

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The rice crop was poor, owing to the floods.