kiriban

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English

Etymology

Borrowed Japanese キリ番 (kiriban, good digits).

Noun

kiriban (plural kiribans)

  1. (social media) Especially in digital art communities, a milestone profile page viewcount or watcher count, often celebrated with a giveaway.
    • 2004 May 15, CoolBlueX, “Onimusha 3 Kiriban”, in deviantart.com:
      Kiriban for obliviousoul! for getting my 1000th hit
    • 2012 February 14, Piti Yindee, Wuffle Ultimate Collection:
      Wuffle's 10,000 kiriban winners! No.1-4
    • 2014 May 19, Raberba girl, The Dragon Queen of Berk:
      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).
    The artist celebrated her 500 watcher kiriban.
    1. By extension, the prize itself in such a giveaway.
      This drawing is a kiriban I won for being her 500th watcher.

Japanese

Romanization

kiriban

  1. Rōmaji transcription of キリバン
  2. Rōmaji transcription of きりばん