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doujinshi

/doʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
dou-jin-shi
IPA
/doʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /doʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/
  • British English: /dəʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

doujinshis (plural) dojinshi (alternative) dōjinshi (alternative)

Phrases

doujin circle doujin event doujin soft

Frequently Paired Words

doujin doujin circle doujin event doujin soft fanzine

Questions

How do you pronounce doujinshi?
The recorded pronunciation is /doʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/.
What does doujinshi mean?
A fan-produced book or magazine of Japanese fiction; especially manga.
Where does doujinshi come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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