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doujinshi

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /dəʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/
  • General-American: /doʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • [d̪o(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɪnʃi] New York Latino

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: comics, literature, manga, media, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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).

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 同人誌 /同人志 (tóngrénzhì) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 本子 (běnzi) — Translations
  • Czech: dódžinši — Translations
  • Hungarian: dódzsinsi — Translations
  • Japanese: 同人誌 (dōjinshi) — Translations
  • Japanese: 同人雑誌 (dōjin zasshi) — Translations
  • Polish: dōjinshi — Translations
  • Russian: до́дзинси (dódzinsi) — Translations