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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Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average gave up early gains to end 0.5% lower.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Stocks were mixed, with the Nikkei down 0.4 percent and the Hang Seng off 0.34 percent but Seoul's Kopsi was up four percent, boosted by tech stocks.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
The Japanese public is not at all comfortable with the new strategy, with 55 percent of respondents in a recent Nikkei poll saying that they were opposed to the expansion of arms exports.
From Barron's • May 3, 2026
The Nikkei Stock Average was last up 1.7%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
There used to be some young Nikkei men who liked to dress like Pachucos.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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