verb · transitive · rare

yen

yen · yens · yenned · yenning

сумувати, тужити

тосковать, чахнуть, изнывать

sich verzehren, verlangen, schwinden

To have a strong desire forTo have a strong desire for.

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/jɛn/

» I have only five thousand yen.

У меня всего пять тысяч иен.

У меня только пять тысяч иен.

У мене лише п'ять тисяч єн.

Meaning

1 senses

To have a strong desire for.
have a desire for something or someone who is not present

Examples

225 sentences

I have only five thousand yen.
У мене лише п'ять тисяч єн. — deniko
ruУ меня всего пять тысяч иен. — Wezel
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Where can I exchange yen for dollars?
Де можна поміняти ієни на долари? — deniko
ruГде я могу обменять иены на доллары? — afyodor
deWo kann ich Yen gegen Dollar tauschen? — samueldora
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I can't afford to waste a single yen.
Я не можу дозволити собі даремно витратити хоч одну єну. — Internecivus
ruЯ не могу позволить себе зря потратить хоть одну иену. — Olya
deIch kann es mir nicht leisten, nur einen einzigen Yen zu verschwenden. — kriskelvin
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Last year my income was about five million yen.
Минулого року мій дохід склав приблизно п'ять мільйонів єн. — deniko
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You can buy it for a thousand yen or so.
Це можна купити приблизно за тисячу ієн. — deniko
ruВы можете купить это за тысячу иен или около того. — Lenin_1917
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Origin

Origin uncertain, but probably from Cantonese 癮 /瘾 (jan⁵, “craving”) originally in referen

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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Forms

yens, yenning, yenned, yenned

Base form	yen · to yen
3rd person singular	yens
Present participle	yenning
Past simple	yenned
Past participle	yenned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	yen
he, she, it	yens

Past simpleLesson

all persons

yenned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have yenned
he, she, it	has yenned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will yen

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Close in meaning

have a desire for something or someone who is not present:ache yearn pine languish

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

thousand yen
ten thousand yen
million yen
a thousand yen
yen for dollars
one thousand yen
exchange yen for
billion yen
hundred yen
exchange yen
yen coin
yen stamp

yen