yen

IPA: jˈɛn

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.]

Examples of "yen" in Sentences

3RD LD: Extra budget to top 2.7 trillion yen to cope with rising yen+
The strong yen is proving to be tough to beat for a number of Japanese exporters.
This week, that trend has slowed a bit, with investors moving to hedge against near-term yen, euro and dollar swings.
Providing support for the yen is the steady stream of Japanese companies converting foreign earnings back into their home currency.
Perhaps that is what we call yen fen (predestined romance); they started dating each other soon afterward, and tied the knot after six months.
"We think the dollar-yen is going to stay at around the current 80 yen level and we don't expect to see the yen marching steadily higher," Mr. Tanaka said at a news conference.
In Nomura's cash-cow retail brokerage, revenue dropped 21% to 87.8 billion yen from the prior quarter due to the strong yen and extremely sluggish client activity over the summer months.
After having thus repeated the neck three times, and wee yen, or way yen as often, they all burst out into a kind of loud and joyous laugh, flinging up their hats and caps into the air, capering about and perhaps kissing the girls.