kiriban

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^[1]:

     Kiriban for obliviousoul! for getting my 1000th hit

   • 2012 February 14, Piti Yindee, Wuffle Ultimate Collection‎^[2]:

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

   • 2014 May 19, Raberba girl, The Dragon Queen of Berk‎^[3]:

     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