枚

Meaning

枚 centers on counting flat, thin items like sheets, leaves, or pieces of paper. The meaning 'sheet of...' is a natural extension of this counter use.

• 枚まい
  N3

  counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins)

• 枚数まいすう
  N2

  the number of flat things

• 二枚目にまいめ

  handsome man

• 三枚目さんまいめ

  comedian; actor who plays comic roles

• 枚挙まいきょ

  enumeration

• 一枚岩いちまいいわ

  monolith; large slab of rock

• 二枚舌にまいじた

  double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double-tongued

• 大枚たいまい

  large sum (of money)

• 二枚貝にまいがい

  bivalve

• 一枚いちまい

  one (thin, flat object); one sheet

• 二枚にまい

  two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)

• 三枚さんまい

  three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)

• 一枚看板いちまいかんばん

  leading player; prima donna; box-office star

• パンツ一枚パンツいちまい

  (wearing) nothing but a pair of underpants

• 一枚上いちまいうえ

  one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

• 一枚上手いちまいうわて

  one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

• 一枚下いちまいした

  (place) just beneath; (area) directly under; what lies immediately below (the surface); (being) one step below

• 一枚噛むいちまいかむ

  to participate in (as a member); to get involved in

• 一枚落ちいちまいおち

  playing with a handicap of one rook or bishop

• 一枚貝いちまいがい

  univalve

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