yen
1- an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y
- a former silver coin of Japan.
Origin of yen
1yen
2- a desire or craving: I had a yen for apple pie.
- to have a craving; yearn.
Origin of yen
2Synonyms for yen
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desire, urge, itch, hankering, longing, hunger, thirst, lust, yearning, passion, cravingExamples from the Web for yen
Contemporary Examples of yen
Day tickets at Asahidake (www.wakasaresort.com) cost 4,000 yen.
Lift Tickets: Day tickets at Niseko (www.niseko.ne.jp) are 5,900 yen, during the high season; multi-day passes are available.
Her yen for juxtaposition of pretty and ugly, water and tar, public and private, can be seen in the smallest moments.
The value of the yen is falling exactly as planned, and Japanese stocks on the Nikkei are doing very well.
He says his payments include 100,000 yen a month for “mental damage.”
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March 11, 2013
Historical Examples of yen
But of all the changes in the village, the most momentous to me was the change in Yen Sin.
I am sure he did not see me on the bench; he was looking at Yen Sin.
Yen Sin held it up before his eyes in the full glow of the lamp.
And this was Urkey village, and night, and Yen Sin was dying.
Yen Sin wasn't laughing himself; he was looking at his collars.
yen
1- the standard monetary unit of Japan, (notionally) divided into 100 sen
Word Origin for yen
yen
2- a passionate, ardent, or intense longing or desire
- (intr) to yearn
Word Origin for yen
Word Origin and History for yen
Japanese monetary unit, 1875, from Japanese yen, from Chinese yuan "round, round object, circle, dollar."
"sharp desire, hunger," 1906, earlier yin "intense craving for opium" (1876), from Chinese (Cantonese) yan "craving," or from a Beijing dialect word for "smoke." Reinforced in English by influence of yearn.
Idioms and Phrases with yen
yen
see have a yen for.