温帯
おんたい · ontai · JLPT N2 · noun
temperate zone
🌍 温 (warm) + 帯 (belt) = warm belt: the zone between hot tropics and cold poles
Read the on-yomi as ontai: 温 means warm and 帯 means belt or band. The temperate zone is Earth's warm band, lying between the tropics and the polar regions.