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Japanese
Alternative spelling
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熱帶 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Literary Chinese 熱帶/热带 (rèdài, literally “heat, high temperature + belt, zone, area”), which was coined by missionaries in China.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
熱帯 • (nettai)
- (geography) the tropics
Derived terms
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References
- ^ https://dlisv03.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/contents/osakacu/youshi/3499.pdf#search=%22%22
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN