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doujin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈd̪o(ʊ)d͡ʒɪn] New York Latino
• /ˈdəʊd͡ʒɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdoʊd͡ʒɪn/ (General-American)
• [ˈdoːd͡ʒɪn] (Caribbean)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 同人 (dōjin, “colleague, people with similar interests”, literally “same people”). The spelling is derived from the informal wāpuro rōmaji romanization style of 同人 (どうじん, do-u-ji-n).

Meanings

1. A product produced and sold independently of corporations (in Japan); an indie work.
   • Thus, roughly a third of all circles in Comic Market participate for the purpose of creating doujin without the goal of transitioning to commercial publications. 2012, Hiroaki Tamagawa, Comic Market as Space for Self-Expression in Otaku Culture:
   • There are creators who really make money and earn living from doujin, but those who can do so, are minority. 2014, Sanuki Sobataro, Dear people who upload my doujin,:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, qualifier:by restriction) Clipping of doujinshi (“a Japanese amateur comic book; a self-published manga”).
   alt of doujinshi

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Relateds

doujin soft · doujin event · doujin music · doujinshi · doujin circle · doujin game