Synonyms for yen
yɛnyen

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1. hankering, yennoun

   a yearning for something or to do something

   Synonyms:
   hankering

2. yenverb

   the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen

   Synonyms:
   hankering

3. ache, yearn, yen, pine, languishverb

   have a desire for something or someone who is not present

   "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"

   Synonyms:
   smart, languish, hurt, fade, pine away, yearn, long, ache, suffer, pine, hanker, waste

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1. • Longing

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1. List of paraphrases for "yen":

   yens, ngan, japanese, allen, ellen, jpy, yan, alyn

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How to use yen in a sentence?

1. Isao Kubo:

   The weak-yen trend has paused, so investors are reluctant to chase the market higher for now.

2. Gavin Parry:

   I can't see the Nikkei being sold off when the yen's still holding the 123 handle.

3. Chairman Fujio Mitarai:

   Starting next year, with our 2016-2020 plan, our goal is to reach 5 trillion yen by 2020, what constitutes this 5 trillion will be quite different: Maybe 30 to 40 percent will be derived from the new businesses.

4. Junichi Ishikawa:

   The approach to 125 yen takes dollar/yen into politically sensitive territory. Any big gains by the dollar just as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks are climaxing could stimulate those on both sides of the Pacific opposed to the negotiations, and the authorities would not want that.

5. Stefan Worrall:

   Results are coming from certain districts of the U.K. that actually are fairly skewed one way or the other, and there is huge volatility in the pound and in the yen. I think that sort of set the tone for the morning.