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熱帯

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

熱帯 — “the tropics, tropical zone”

熱帯 (read ねったい) means the tropics, tropical zone. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

ねったい

Meaning

the tropics, tropical zone

熱帯 in a sentence

熱帯ねったいは暑あつくて湿気しっけが多おおい。

The tropics are hot and humid.

The kanji in 熱帯

熱hot; fever
帯belt, sash; zone

Words that share a kanji with 熱帯

熱いあつい— hot (objects)
熱心ねっしん— enthusiastic, eager, devoted
熱ねつ— fever, heat
熱中ねっちゅう— being absorbed in, enthusiasm, mania
熱するねっする— to heat, to heat up
加熱かねつ— heating, applying heat
帯おび— obi, sash, belt
温帯おんたい— temperate zone

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