Doujin

//ˈdoʊd͡ʒɪn// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    Clipping of doujinshi (“a Japanese amateur comic book; a self-published manga”). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 同人 (dōjin, “colleague, people with similar interests”, literally “same people”).

Related phrases

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