寒かん帯たい

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Meanings

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frigid zone

Geographical term for the polar climate zones; used in scientific and educational contexts.

寒かん帯たいは、北ほっ極きょくと南なん極きょくの周しゅう辺へんに広ひろがる地ち域いきです。
The frigid zone is the region extending around the North and South Poles.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉は寒かん帯たいに属ぞくするfor a place to belong to the frigid zone
シベリアの一いち部ぶは寒かん帯たいに属ぞくする。
Part of Siberia belongs to the frigid zone.
寒かん帯たいの〈物もの〉something characteristic of the frigid zone
寒かん帯たいの植しょく物ぶつは厳きびしい環かん境きょうに適てき応おうしている。
Plants of the frigid zone are adapted to harsh conditions.

Kanji

寒cold
帯sash, belt, obi

Related words

熱ねっ帯たい
熱帯 is the tropical zone, the opposite extreme of climate classification.
温おん帯たい
温帯 is the temperate zone, lying between the tropical and frigid zones.

Opposites

熱ねっ帯たいN3
寒帯 refers to the frigid polar climate zones, while 熱帯 is the opposite extreme, the hot tropical zone.
温おん帯たいN2
寒帯 is the coldest climate zone, whereas 温帯 is the moderate temperate zone lying between it and 熱帯.

Word family

亜あ寒かん帯たい
subarctic zone; subpolar region
寒かん帯たい林りん
taiga; boreal forest; Arctic forest
寒かん帯たい前ぜん線せん
polar front
寒かん帯たい気き団だん
polar air mass

Etymology

Compound of 寒 (cold) and 帯 (zone, belt), a straightforward kanji-based term for the polar climate zone.