〜帯(たい)

たい
suffix
zone; belt; band
geography
1. zone; belt; band
Attached to a Sino-Japanese noun to name a stretch of land, a climatic region, or a range on a scale: 温帯(おんたい) (temperate zone), 火山帯(かざんたい) (volcanic belt), 時間帯(じかんたい) (time slot).
日本(にほん)の多(おお)くは温帯(おんたい)にある。
Most of Japan lies in the temperate zone.
この時間帯(じかんたい)は電車(でんしゃ)が混(こ)む。
The trains are crowded during this time slot.
熱帯(ねったい)の島(しま)では、一年中(いちねんじゅう)気温(きおん)が高(たか)い。
On tropical islands the temperature is high all year round.
日本列島(にほんれっとう)は火山帯(かざんたい)の上(うえ)にあるため、地震(じしん)や噴火(ふんか)が多(おお)い。
Because the Japanese archipelago sits on a volcanic belt, it has many earthquakes and eruptions.

From 帯(おび) (sash, belt), read たい in compounds. The image is a long band — of land, of climate, or of values along a scale.

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