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doujinshi

UK/dəʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi//doʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/

doujinshi noun: a fan-produced book or magazine of Japanese fiction; especially manga.

Noun

doujinshi (countable and uncountable, plural doujinshi or doujinshis)

  1. A fan-produced book or magazine of Japanese fiction; especially manga.

Forms of doujinshi

pluraldoujinshi
pluraldoujinshis
alternative formdojinshi
alternative formdōjinshi

Origin of doujinshi

Borrowed from Japanese 同(どう)人(じん)誌(し) (dōjinshi, “fan-produced manga or essay booklets”), from 同(どう)人(じん) (dōjin, “group for the same interest”) + 誌(し) (shi, “magazine or a pamphlet”). The spelling is derived from the informal wāpuro rōmaji romanization style of 同人 (どうじん, do-u-ji-n).

Questions about doujinshi

What does doujinshi mean?
Doujinshi means a fan-produced book or magazine of Japanese fiction; especially manga.
What part of speech is doujinshi?
Doujinshi is a noun.
How do you pronounce doujinshi?
Doujinshi is pronounced /dəʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/ (UK).
What is the plural of doujinshi?
The plural of doujinshi is doujinshi.

Words near doujinshi in the dictionary

  1. doujin game
  2. doujin games
  3. doujin music
  4. doujin soft
  5. doujins
  6. doujinshi
  7. doujinshis
  8. douk-douk
  9. douk-douks
  10. Doukakis
  11. Doukas

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