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},
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"name": "wp"
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"2": "pt",
"3": "-"
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"3": "round; a round object"
},
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"1": "円",
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},
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"1": "en",
"2": "zh",
"3": "銀圓",
"4": "",
"5": "round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight",
"tr": "yínyuán"
},
"expansion": "Chinese 銀圓／银圆 (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "銀",
"3": "",
"4": "silver"
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"2": "圓",
"3": "",
"4": "circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar"
},
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"name": "m"
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"1": "zh",
"2": "元",
"3": "",
"4": "monetary unit, especially RMB",
"tr": "yuán"
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "원",
"3": "",
"4": "North or South Korean won"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "won",
"3": "yuan"
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"etymology_text": "From Medhurst and Hepburn’s romanizations, under the influence of earlier Portuguese romanizations, of Japanese 圓(えん) (en, “round; a round object”) as ye or yen, now 円(えん) (en), from Chinese 銀圓／银圆 (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”): 銀／银 (yín, “silver”) + 圓／圆 (yuán, “circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar”). Cognate with Chinese 元 (yuán, “monetary unit, especially RMB”) and Korean 원 (won, “North or South Korean won”). Doublet of won and yuan.",
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"_dis": "57 10 2 30 1",
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"ref": "1872 February 24, “The Export of Rice”, in The Japan Weekly Mail: A Political, Commercial, and Literary Journal, volume III, number 8, Yokohama: ジャパンメール新聞社 [Japan Meru Shinbunsha], →OCLC, page 95, column 1",
"text": "Passing by those clauses of it which demand no notice, we arrive at that which provides that \"each proposal (for purchase) must state the price per picul of rice in gold yen.\" But why in gold yen, a coin as yet so scarce as to be almost beyond the ken of the foreign merchant?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1906 March 28, G[opal] K[rishna] Gokhale, “Budget Speech, 1906”, in Speeches of the Honourable Mr. G. K. Gokhale, C.I.E., Madras: Published by G[anapathi] A[graharam] Natesan & Co., Esplanade, published [1908], →OCLC, pages 171–172",
"text": "Does any one however believe that Japan's glorious achievements would have been possible, if the Government of that country had merely poured money like water on its standing battalions, unaugmented by reserves, and the magnificent spirit of every man, woman and child in that country had not been behind the Army to support it? Japan's ordinary budget for the Army is only about 37.3 millions yen, or a little under six crores of rupees.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Rei Kimura, chapter 7, in Japanese Orchid, [Bangkok?]: Bangkok Books, page 38",
"text": "Taking the cue from his neighbours, Paul fed three 1000 yen notes into a machine beside the TV screen and the silent screen immediately exploded into a kaleidoscope of colours and instructions in Japanese below at least twenty pictures of sexy girls. […] Paul hesitated staring intently at the screen and the waiting girl while the 3,000 yen he had fed into the machine steadily dwindled at the rate of 50 yen a minute.",
"type": "quotation"
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"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "յեն"
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"word": "ယန်းငွေ"
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"roman": "jat⁶ jyun⁴",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǎorì",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "jen"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
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"word": "yen"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "eno"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "jeno"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "jeen"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "jeni"
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"lang": "French",
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "iena",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "იენა"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Yen"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gien",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
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"neuter"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "yen",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "येन"
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"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "yen"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "yen"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
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"masculine"
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"word": "yen"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "円"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"alt": "えん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "en",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
"also"
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"word": "圓"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ien",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "иен"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "en",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "엔"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "iyen",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "иен"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "yēn",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "ເຢນ"
},
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
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"word": "ienum"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jena"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "jen",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "јен"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "yen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "iene"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "yen",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "येन"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ijen",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "иен"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "yen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "yen",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "ین"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iene"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "yen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ijéna",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ие́на"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sgs",
"lang": "Samogitian",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "jena"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "yen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "јен"
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"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
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"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
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"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "yen"
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"lang": "Tajik",
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"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "йен"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yeen",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "เยน"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "yen"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "jéna",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "є́на"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "yena"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "yên"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "yen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
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"sense": "unit of Japanese currency",
"word": "יען"
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"ref": "2003, Richard Werner, “Preface”, in Princes of the Yen: Japan’s Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy, Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe",
"text": "When banks lend, they create money out of nothing, without withdrawing it from other parts of the economy. This way, fiscal policy would not have crowded out private-sector activity yen by yen, as actually happened.",
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{
"_dis1": "14 86",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "coin or note of one yen",
"word": "日圓"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 86",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rìyuán",
"sense": "coin or note of one yen",
"word": "日圆"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 86",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rìyuán",
"sense": "coin or note of one yen",
"word": "日元"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 86",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǎorì",
"sense": "coin or note of one yen",
"tags": [
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"word": "老日"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "coin or note of one yen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "coin or note of one yen",
"word": "jeni"
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"_dis1": "14 86",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "coin or note of one yen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Yen"
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"sense": "coin or note of one yen",
"word": "jen"
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"word": "円"
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"word": "엔"
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"word": "येन"
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"feminine"
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"text": "Does any one however believe that Japan's glorious achievements would have been possible, if the Government of that country had merely poured money like water on its standing battalions, unaugmented by reserves, and the magnificent spirit of every man, woman and child in that country had not been behind the Army to support it? Japan's ordinary budget for the Army is only about 37.3 millions yen, or a little under six crores of rupees.",
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"ref": "1999, Natalie Angier, “Of Hoggamus and Hogwash: Putting Evolutionary Psychology on the Couch”, in Woman: An Intimate Biography, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 382",
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"etymology_text": "Origin uncertain, but probably from Cantonese 癮／瘾 (jan⁵, “craving”) originally in reference to opium addiction, 煙癮／烟瘾 (jin¹ jan⁵) or 菸癮／烟瘾 (jin¹ jan⁵): 煙／烟 (jin¹), 菸／烟 (jin¹, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the later yen (“opium”) and yen-yen.",
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"form": "yens",
"tags": [
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yenning",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "yenned",
"tags": [
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"past"
]
},
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"past"
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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{
"ref": "[1876, F[rancis] K[ildale] Robinson, A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Whitby (Series C. Original Glossaries, and Glossaries with Fresh Additions; IV), London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., 57 & 59, Ludgate Hill, →OCLC, page 227",
"text": "Yenning, groaning, longing after.]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1953, Alfred Bester, “Who He?”, New York, N.Y.: Dial Press, →OCLC, page 205",
"text": "\"Listen, I'm in Tom Bleutcher's suite at The Brompton House. Been here the whole Almighty morning. Olga wants you to have lunch with us.\" / \"Olga? Who's she?\" / \"His daughter. You made a big hit with her last time they was in town. Come on down.\" / \"Get the new writer.\" / \"I got no new writer. Anyway she yens for you. Come on down.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1992, Peter Jordan, “Acknowledgements”, in Re-Entry: Making the Transition from Missions to Life at Home, Seattle, Wash.: YWAM Publishing",
"text": "C. S. Lewis warned, \"The yen to publish is spiritually dangerous.\" The \"yen\" in this case is spread around, so perhaps the danger is diminished! This book has been \"yenned\" into existence by many, and is a two-team effort ….",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To have a strong desire for."
],
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[
"strong",
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],
[
"desire",
"desire#Noun"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To have a strong desire for."
],
"tags": [
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]
}
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"ipa": "/jɛn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛn"
},
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"audio": "en-au-yen.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/En-au-yen.ogg/En-au-yen.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/En-au-yen.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žaduvam",
"sense": "have strong desire for",
"word": "жадувам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kopneja",
"sense": "have strong desire for",
"word": "копнея"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "have strong desire for",
"word": "hartstochtelijk verlangen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "have strong desire for",
"word": "smachten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "have strong desire for",
"word": "bramare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "have strong desire for",
"word": "desiderare"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "have strong desire for",
"word": "desear"
}
],
"word": "yen"
}
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"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
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"English terms derived from Cantonese",
"English terms derived from Mandarin",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English three-letter words",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/ɛn",
"Rhymes:English/ɛn/1 syllable",
"en:Currencies",
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"word": "yen-hok"
},
{
"word": "yen hop"
},
{
"word": "yen pok"
},
{
"word": "yen she"
},
{
"word": "yen shee"
},
{
"word": "yen siang"
},
{
"word": "yen sleep"
}
],
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"2": "cmn",
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"name": "der"
},
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"tr": "yān"
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"3": "",
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"2": "yen-yen"
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],
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"Opium."
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"(slang) Opium."
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/En-au-yen.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
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