English Dictionary

totem

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtoʊtəm/

名詞

Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family. / The representation of such object or creature.

日本語の意味

部族や家族の象徴として用いられる自然物または生き物。 / それらの象徴自体、または象徴を表現したもの。

The carved totem stood at the village entrance, reminding everyone of their ancestors.

彫られた部族の象徴が村の入り口に立ち、皆に先祖を思い出させた。

意味（1）

Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family.

意味（2）

The representation of such object or creature.

意味（3）

The clan whose kinship is defined in reference to such an object or creature.

The totem members were forbidden to eat the flesh of the totem animal, or were allowed to do so only under specific conditions.

意味（4）

An arbitrarily chosen object serving as a reminder to check whether one is awake or not, to aid in having lucid dreams.

The best way to determine if you are dreaming or not is to have a totem in your lucid dreams that does not exist in reality. Inducing yourself is as easy as waking up during the night and practicing as you fall back asleep. Say, I will be aware I am dreaming while I am dreaming by seeing my totem.

意味（5）

A tall object resembling a totem pole.

Out the front of the Drive-in rose the town’s main tourist attraction, a totem of signs to bizarre places with impossible distances such as Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and so on.

totems （ plural ）