Etymology

doujin circle

Today it means: A group of people who create fan-made (doujin) works – such as doujinshi, doujin music, or doujin games – and participate in doujin events. Full definition →

Japanese 同人サークル
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from同人サークル“doujin circle (meaning group, like in knitting circle)”
  2. English todaydoujin circle

Derived from Japanese 同人サークル (dōjin sākuru, “doujin circle (meaning group, like in knitting circle)”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.