Acclimatization

Japanese: 気候順応 - きこうじゅんのう（英語表記）acclimatization

When humans, animals, or plants migrate or move to a region with a different climate, they physiologically adapt to the new climate. This is also called climatic acclimation. For example, when a temperate human migrates to a tropical region, sweat glands develop over the course of several years, and the body temperature is adjusted. If climatic acclimation is not adequate, physical and mental disorders may occur. Human ancestors were born in tropical regions, and over time they adapted to various climates around the world, such as deserts, temperate zones, cold zones, polar regions, and highlands. This is due to human climatic acclimation. In his book Fuudo (1935), ethicist Watsuji Tetsuro writes that climatic acclimation also affects human personality, and there are three types of personality: the ranch type, which enjoys freedom; the combative desert type; and the monsoon type, which tolerates and accepts nature; and that Japanese people belong to the monsoon type.

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Japanese:

人間，動物，植物が気候の異なるほかの地域へ移住，移動した場合，生理的にその気候に順応していくこと。気候順化ともいう。たとえば温帯の人間が熱帯に移住すると数年の間に汗腺が発達し，体感温度を調節するようになる。気候順応が十分に行なわれないと肉体的，精神的に障害を生じることもある。人間の祖先は熱帯地方に生まれ，その後時間をかけて砂漠，温帯，寒帯，極圏，高地など地球のさまざまな気候に適応して生活するようになったが，これは人間の気候順応による。倫理学者和辻哲郎は著書『風土』（1935）のなかで，気候順応は人間の性格にも影響し，自由を謳歌する牧場型，闘争的な砂漠型，自然に忍従で受容的な季節風型があり，日本人は季節風型に入るとしている。

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