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yen

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun yen has 2 senses

yen(n = noun.feeling) hankering - a yearning for something or to do something; Array

is a kind of hungriness, longing, yearning

Derived form verb yen₁

yen(n = noun.quantity) Array - the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen; Array

has parts:

sen

is a kind of japanese monetary unit

Verb yen has 1 sense

yen(v = verb.emotion) ache, languish, pine, yearn - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"

is one way to hanker, long, yearn

Derived form noun yen₁

Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY

yen, n.

The unit of value and account in Japan. The yen is equal to 100 sen. From Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, to about 1913 the value of the yen was about 50 cents. In 1997 and 1998 the value of the yen varied from 80 per U. S. dollar to 120 per dollar. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

yen, n. (pl. same) the chief monetary unit of Japan.

yen, n. & v. colloq.
--n. a longing or yearning.
--v.intr. (yenned, yenning) feel a longing.

Etymology

Chin. dial.

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THESAURUS

yen

Deutschmark, Heimweh, Mark, Reichsmark, ache, aching, afghani, anna, baht, cent, centavo, centime, conto, crave, desiderium, dollar, dong, florin, franc, guilder, gulden, hanker, hankering, homesickness, honing, hunger, kip, kopeck, krona, krone, languishing, languishment, lira, longing, lust, mal du pays, maladie du pays, milreis, nostalgia, nostomania, peseta, pie, piece of eight, pine, pining, pistareen, pound, rand, rial, ruble, rupee, shekel, shilling, sigh, sol, sou, stiver, thirst, won, yearn, yearning

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