Nikkei
Americannoun
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an index showing the average closing prices of 225 stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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an American of Japanese descent.
Etymology
Origin of Nikkei
Borrowed into English from Japanese around 1980–85
Example Sentences
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Tech-heavy indexes like Japan's Nikkei 225 seem to be moving in tandem with the Kospi's wild swings, Societe Generale's Benzimra says.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Nikkei Asia earlier reported on the moves by HP and Acer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Tokyo's Nikkei -- another tech-heavy index -- lost around two percent, with chipmaker Kioxia down more than 10 percent and Tokyo Electron seven percent off.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
—Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan’s Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.3%, whereas Hong Kong’s Hang Seng declined 0.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was what many Nikkei believed about most any awful situation.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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