地帯
ちたい
belt, zone, area (with a shared character)
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Examples
この辺りは工業地帯だ。
このあたりはこうぎょうちたいだ。
This area is an industrial belt.
ツンドラ地帯の気候は厳しい。
ツンドラちたいのきこうはきびしい。
The climate of the tundra belt is harsh.
川に近い地帯は雨が続くと水があふれやすい。
かわにちかいちたいはあめがつづくとみずがあふれやすい。
The belt of land near the river floods easily when the rain keeps up.
Common patterns
- 工業地帯
- industrial belt
- 安全地帯
- safety zone
- 危険地帯
- danger zone
Memory tip
帯 is a sash, so 地帯 is a band of land that shares one character across a wide stretch — industrial, agricultural, tundra. 区域 by contrast is an area fenced off by a rule.
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