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doujin

Syllables: dou·jinUK/ˈdəʊd͡ʒɪn/US/ˈdoʊd͡ʒɪn/

doujin noun: a product produced and sold independently of corporations (in Japan); an indie work. Also the clipping of doujinshi.

Noun

doujin (plural doujins or doujin)

  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

Also used as

doujin is also the clipping of doujinshi.

Forms of doujin

pluraldoujins
pluraldoujin
alternative formdojin
alternative formdōjin

Origin of doujin

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).

Phrases with doujin

Questions about doujin

What does doujin mean?
Doujin means a product produced and sold independently of corporations (in Japan); an indie work.
What part of speech is doujin?
Doujin is a noun.
How do you pronounce doujin?
Doujin is pronounced /ˈdoʊd͡ʒɪn/ (US).
What is the plural of doujin?
The plural of doujin is doujins.

Words near doujin in the dictionary

  1. Douhal
  2. Douhan
  3. douhua
  4. douit
  5. douits
  6. doujin
  7. doujin circle
  8. doujin circles
  9. doujin event
  10. doujin events
  11. doujin game

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