noun
three flat objects
Counter for three flat items such as sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, plates, CDs, etc. Used with the counter 枚 (まい).
See also: 枚 (まい)
紙を三枚ください。
Please give me three sheets of paper.
Tシャツを三枚買った。
I bought three T-shirts.
noun
three-piece fish cut
Only when written 三枚
Specific to fish preparation: cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and one central piece with the skeleton. Restricted to the kanji spelling 三枚.
魚を三枚におろす。
I fillet the fish into three pieces.
The counter for flat objects; 三枚 is the specific number three combined with this counter.
General counter for three items, not limited to flat objects.
Compound of 三 (さん, 'three') and the counter 枚 (まい, 'flat object').