～円

～えん · ～en · JLPT N5 · noun

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💴 en sounds like yen without the y: 100円 = 100 en

Japanese says en, not yen; the y in the English word comes from an old romanisation. 円 also means round or circle, an etymology shared with Chinese 元/圓 (yuan) and Korean won: all three are named after round coins.

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