kiriban

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noun

Especially in digital art communities, a milestone profile page viewcount or watcher count, often celebrated with a giveaway.

“The artist celebrated her 500 watcher kiriban.”

OriginJapanese キリ番 →
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Meanings

nounkiriban (plural kiribans)

plural kiribans

  1. social mediaEspecially in digital art communities, a milestone profile page viewcount or watcher count, often celebrated with a giveaway.

    The artist celebrated her 500 watcher kiriban.

    3 more examples

    Kiriban for obliviousoul! for getting my 1000th hit

    2004 May 15, CoolBlueX, “Onimusha 3 Kiriban”, in deviantart.com

    Wuffle's 10,000 kiriban winners! No.1-4

    2012 February 14, Piti Yindee, Wuffle Ultimate Collection

    Author's Notes: Summoning Secrets was the one who finally claimed my latest FFN kiriban (sort of...close enough that I gave it to her...not sure why FFN readers never seem interested in kiriban XD).

    2014 May 19, Raberba girl, The Dragon Queen of Berk
    1. social mediaBy extension, the prize itself in such a giveaway.

      This drawing is a kiriban I won for being her 500th watcher.

Origin

  1. Japaneseキリ番“good digits”
  2. Englishkiriban

Borrowed Japanese キリ番 (kiriban, “good digits”).

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APA

kiriban. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiriban

MLA

“kiriban.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiriban. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kiriban,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiriban.

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