doujin
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 同人 (dōjin, “colleague, people with similar interests”, literally “same people”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊ.d͡ʒɪn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊ.d͡ʒɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɪn
- Hyphenation: dou‧jin
Noun edit
doujin (plural doujins or doujin)
- A product produced and sold independently of corporations (in Japan); an indie work.
- 2012, Hiroaki Tamagawa, Comic Market as Space for Self-Expression in Otaku Culture:
- 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.
- 2014, Sanuki Sobataro, Dear people who upload my doujin,[1]:
- There are creators who really make money and earn living from doujin, but those who can do so, are minority.
- (by restriction) Clipping of doujinshi.; A Japanese amateur comic book; a self-published manga