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一帯 (いったい, ittai) Japanese meaning: whole area | Kotomora
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Heavy rain fell across the entire Kanto region.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 一いっ 帯たい the whole area around/of 〈場所〉
Heavy rain fell across the entire Kanto region.
この 一いっ 帯たい this whole area (around here)
I heard this whole area used to be rice fields.
一いっ 帯たい に 広ひろ がる to spread across the whole area
Smoke from the fire spread across the whole area.
一いっ 帯たい を 覆おお う to cover the whole area
A thick fog covered the whole area.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 一いっ 帯たい a stretch/zone belonging to 〈場所〉 (with a particular character)
The residential belt is quiet and calm.
Related words 地域 is a general term for a region or area, often used in administrative or community contexts, while 一帯 emphasizes a continuous, often geographical, stretch of land.
全域 refers to the entirety of a bounded area (e.g., a prefecture or country) as an administrative or defined whole, while 一帯 describes a broad, continuous stretch of land without regard to boundaries.
一面 describes a surface entirely covered by something (as in 一面の雪), while 一帯 refers to a geographic area as a whole, often combined with a place name.
界隈 is a casual, everyday word for the vicinity or neighborhood around a place, while 一帯 is a more formal term for a broader, continuous area.
Don't confuse with 一体 (いったい) is a homophone of 一帯 but means 'one body' or, used adverbially, 'what on earth', with no connection to geographic area.
全体 means 'the whole' or 'entirety' of anything and is not limited to geographic areas, while 一帯 specifically denotes a stretch of land.
Etymology Compound of 一 (one, whole) and 帯 (belt, zone). The meaning 'whole area' developed from the idea of a continuous belt-like stretch of land.
