円

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 百円のジュース。▶ —
   100-yen juice.
2. 一万円札を出した。▶ —
   I took out a 10,000-yen note.

Collocations

Mnemonic

En-yen (円) is "yen, Japans currency" — B + cluster (currency culture). Kanji 円 (old 圓), settled at Meiji 1871. Cluster: (1) six coins (1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500); (2) four notes (1,000, 2,000 rare, 5,000, 10,000); (3) shouhi-zei (1989 3 percent, 1997 5, 2014 8, 2019 10; reduced 8 percent for food; zeikomi or zeibetsu dual tags); (4) mujin-reji settled, but cards lag and cash culture persists. JLPT N5 plus Japans currency cluster.

Quick check

1. Shouhi-zei history?

   • 1989 3, 1997 5, 2014 8, 2019 10 — staged with reduced 8 for food
   • Edo
   • Never raised
   • Western direct