Tropical -

Japanese: 暖帯 - だんたい

〘noun〙① The region on Earth from the equator to the Tropics of Capricorn. A term used from the Edo period to the early Meiji period that today means "tropics." *Hyoarakiji (around 1848-50) Preface: "That is, the country directly under the equator. The area between 27 and a half degrees north and south from directly under the equator is called the subtropics."② Of the temperate zones on Earth, the area closest to the subtropics. Warm temperate zone. [Additional notes]① was used in maps by Nagakubo Sekisui and Hashimoto Muneyoshi, and was relatively widespread, and was used even in the Meiji period in Fukuzawa Yukichi's "Sekai Kokujin" and Kume Kunitake's "Beio Kairan Jikki."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 地球上の、赤道から南北の回帰線までの地帯。今日の「熱帯」をいう江戸から明治初期にかけての語。※漂荒紀事（1848‐50頃）序「即赤道直下の国なり。直下より南北各二十七度半の間を暖帯と云」② 地球上の温帯のうち、亜熱帯に近い地帯。暖温帯。[補注]①は長久保赤水、橋本宗吉の地図に使用されたため比較的普及し、明治になっても福沢諭吉の「世界国尽」や久米邦武の「米欧回覧実記」などで使われた。

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