3. The technical meaning isn't quick to learn; by a steep learning curve, what's meant is a curve with a cliff in it. That is, something where it takes a while to learn anything at all, and then one suddenly gets it.
119.60 JPY/1 USD for Oct 16 2015. Add to Watchlists. US Dollar to Japanese Yen Exchange Rate is at a current level of 119.60, up from 118.26 the previous market day and up from 105.98 one year ago. This is a change of 1.13% from the previous market day and 12.85% from one year ago. 1  Category: Foreign Exchange. 2  Region: N/A.
Report Abuse. Though the current exchange rate puts the yen at about 92 yen to the dollar, generally, the yen wavers around 100 yen to 1 dollar. But you're usually safe to think of... 1 yen = 1 penny So think of 300,000 yen as 300,000 pennies, lop off the last 2 digits and you get 3000 dollars, give or take.