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yen

1

[ yen ]

noun

, plural yen.
  1. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. : ¥; : Y
  2. a former silver coin of Japan.


yen

2

[ yen ]

noun

  1. a desire or craving:

    I had a yen for apple pie.

    Synonyms: appetite, hunger, hankering, longing

verb (used without object)

, yenned, yen·ning.
  1. to have a craving; yearn.

yen

1

/ jɛn /

noun

  1. the standard monetary unit of Japan, (notionally) divided into 100 sen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


yen

2

/ jɛn /

noun

  1. a passionate, ardent, or intense longing or desire
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to yearn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yen1

1870–75; < Japanese ( y ) en < Chinese yuán yuan

Origin of yen2

1905–10, Americanism; probably < dialectal Chinese (OAGuangdong) yáhn, akin to Chinese yǐn craving, addiction
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yen1

C19: from Japanese en , from Chinese yüan circular object, dollar

Origin of yen2

perhaps from Chinese (Cantonese) yăn a craving, addiction
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Idioms and Phrases

see have a yen for .
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Example Sentences

The amount of vanished bitcoins was 650,000 BTC (or 24.7 billion yen).

The cops say Kakehi gained several hundred million yen in inheritance from the deaths over the years.

The ministry pours an estimated 700 million yen (6.8 million dollars) into whale research per year.

This is a country where an estimated two trillion yen ($19.3 billion) are spent each year on the legal sex industry.

Day tickets at Asahidake (www.wakasaresort.com) cost 4,000 yen.

Long-yen is somewhat smaller, but is also white and tender, though the taste is rather watery.

The one I liked best was (even in Japanese things my fancy usually hits on the most expensive) just a thousand yen in price!

I had rather a time getting old Hiraoka to rent it, but an auctioneer will do anything for enough yen.

They plundered a sum of 200,000 yen from the Ono Company, and made a successful raid upon the prefectural offices of Kumamoto.

But for its passage, the deficit of the next fiscal year would have reached beyond forty-six millions of yen.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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