yen
IPA: jˈɛn
noun
- The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
- A coin or note worth one yen.
- A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
- (slang) Opium.
- Alternative form of Yan (ancient kingdom) [(historical) An ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty.]
verb
- (transitive) To have a strong desire for.
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Examples of "yen" in Sentences
- Yen is ready to tumble hard and fast.
- By 1971 the yen had become undervalued.
- The is one denomination of Japanese yen.
- It is fixed value of the yen to the US dollar.
- He knows the fixed value of the yen to the US dollar.
- SunTour suffered from devaluation of the yen in 1985.
- The yen was the currency of Korea between 1910 and 1945.
- The is the largest coin denomination of the Japanese yen.
- The Korean yen was the currency of Korea between 1910 and 1945.
- In the future, who knows if the pound or the yen will be dominant