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熱帯雨林 (ねったいうりん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

熱ねっ帯たい雨う林りん

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Meanings

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tropical rainforest

Refers to the dense, broadleaf evergreen forest found in tropical regions with high rainfall.

アマゾンには世せ界かい最さい大だいの熱ねっ帯たい雨う林りんが広ひろがっている。
The world's largest tropical rainforest spreads across the Amazon.

Kanji

熱heat, temperature, fever
帯sash, belt, obi
雨rain
林grove, forest

Related words

ジャングル
熱帯雨林 is the precise scientific term for tropical rainforest, whereas ジャングル is a looser, more evocative everyday word.
密みつ林りん
熱帯雨林 specifically means tropical rainforest, a narrower, more scientific term than the broader, more evocative 密林.

Word family

熱ねっ帯たい雨う林りん気き候こう
tropical rainforest climate

Built from

熱ねっ帯たい+雨う林りん

Etymology

Compound of 熱帯 (tropical) and 雨林 (rainforest). The term is a direct calque from English 'tropical rainforest'.