If you break the word down, you'll see that "kiri" is the Japanese way of saying "kilo"--the metric word for 1000. "ban," when using the kanji รงยยช, is the Japanese word for "number."
Therefore, it's the thousandth number, and is generally used as a view counts landmark.
Thanks, everyone!! 5000 kiriban! ZOMG i'm sooo happy! TT~TT
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