doujin

English

Alternative forms

• dojin
• dōjin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊ.d͡ʒɪn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊ.d͡ʒɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Hyphenation: dou‧jin

Noun

doujin (plural doujins or doujin)

1. 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.

2. (by restriction) Clipping of doujinshi.; A Japanese amateur comic book; a self-published manga

Related terms

• doujin circle
• doujin event
• doujin game
• doujin music
• doujinshi