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yen

[yen] / jɛn /


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Still, the chain kept other items such as wine -- a stunningly cheap 100 yen per glass -- unchanged because "we want it to be enjoyed casually", its public relations office told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Its quarterly revenue, by contrast, jumped 8.6 percent year-on-year to 13.4 trillion yen, thanks to an increase in unit sales in Japan and Europe and stabilisation in North America, despite tariffs imposed by Washington.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Among gainers, Japanese auto maker Toyota rallied after it boosted its earnings projection for the year, lifted by cost-cuts and a weaker yen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Toyota highlighted improving marketing efforts, cost-reductions and the impact of a weaker yen on its profits, even as it grapples with rising materials prices and the cost of the war in the Middle East.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Clovis people were thought to have a special yen for mammoth: great ambulatory meat lockers.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

On the currency front, the yen weakened 0.1% against the dollar to 155.67 yens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Mr. Zorn’s way of presenting “Masada” — a project he first introduced 25 years ago — submits the material fully to the yens of its many performers.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2018

The typical buyer is a fast tracker between 35 and 40 who yens for something more than an "off the peg" Hatteras 61-footer.

From Time Magazine Archive

But nowadays, for U.S. sportsmen with low budgets and yens for high adventure, there's Costa Rica right next door.

From Time Magazine Archive

"But think of the millions of yens or sens or whatever they are, with which she is going to re-gild the Brandan coronet!"

From Kimono by John Paris


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