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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The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo dropped around one percent as Kioxia shed nearly two percent and tech investor SoftBank plunged more than five percent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
In Asia, South Korea’s chip-heavy Kospi dropped 7% and Japan’s Nikkei fell almost 5%, the WSJ reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.3% on possible position adjustments as investors are waiting to see U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Japanese stocks were also sharply lower, with the Nikkei 225 losing nearly three percent as chipmaker Kioxia tumbled more than 12 percent, while Tokyo Electron and Advantest were off more than six percent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Back in America the government had let some Nikkei out of the camps to go to work, usually in factories.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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