- (plural yen)[countable]
the unit of money in Japan 日元（日本货币单位） - the yen[singular] (
finance 金融 the value of the yen compared with the value of the money of other countries 日元比价 - [countable, usually singular] yen (for something/to do something)
a strong desire 强烈的欲望；渴望
Word Originsenses 1 to 2from Japanese en ‘round’.sense 3 late 19th cent. (in the sense ‘craving (of a drug addict) for a drug’): from Chinese yăn.