Vocabulary What does ~円 (~えん) mean? ~円 (~えん, ~en) means yen (Japanese currency unit). Quick factsReading~えんRomaji~enLevel (estimated, JLPT framework)N5 ~円~えんN5 · estimated, JLPT framework~enyen (Japanese currency unit)Example sentencesこの本(ほん)は千円(せんえん)です。This book is a thousand yen.コーヒーは三百円(さんびゃくえん)です。The coffee is three hundred yen.Kanji in this word円yen (Japanese currency); circle