Definitions for Yen

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Spelling: [yen]
IPA: /yɛn/

Yen is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 12 anagrams from letters in Yen (eny).

Definitions for Yen

noun

  1. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
  2. a former silver coin of Japan.
  3. a desire or craving:

verb (used without object)

  1. to have a craving; yearn.

Origin of Yen

1870-75; Japanese (y)en Chinese yuán yuan

Examples for Yen

I am sure he did not see me on the bench; he was looking at yen Sin.

Her yen for juxtaposition of pretty and ugly, water and tar, public and private, can be seen in the smallest moments.

But of all the changes in the village, the most momentous to me was the change in yen Sin.

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

The value of the yen is falling exactly as planned, and Japanese stocks on the Nikkei are doing very well.

yen Sin wasn't laughing himself; he was looking at his collars.

And this was Urkey village, and night, and yen Sin was dying.

yen Sin held it up before his eyes in the full glow of the lamp.

He says his payments include 100,000 yen a month for “mental damage.”

Lift Tickets: Day tickets at Niseko (www.niseko.ne.jp) are 5,900 yen, during the high season; multi-day passes are available.

Word Value for Yen
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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