Etymology

doujin game

Today it means: A fan-made game which may contain (but not necessarily) copyrighted material from published works, such as from anime, manga, or video games. Full definition →

Japanese 同人ゲーム
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from同人ゲーム“doujin game (short for video game)”
  2. English todaydoujin game

Derived from Japanese 同人ゲーム (dōjin gēmu, “doujin game (short for video game)”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.