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Longing for bread in Japan (3)

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I believe the answer is:

yen

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(Other definitions for yen that I've seen before include "Have a longing for Japanese money?" , "Japanese currency; yearning" , "change in East" , "Itch, desire" , "Unit of money in Japan" .)

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