noun
1000 sheets; many pages
Only with reading せんまい
Literally 1000 flat objects, especially sheets of paper; also used loosely for a large number of pages or documents.
この本は千枚以上のページがある。
This book has over a thousand pages.
千枚の書類を整理するのは大変だ。
Organizing a thousand documents is tough.
noun
omasum; bible tripe; book tripe
The third stomach of a cow, used as food. In culinary contexts, usually written in katakana as センマイ.
焼肉屋でセンマイを注文した。
I ordered omasum at the yakiniku restaurant.
センマイはコリコリした食感が特徴だ。
Omasum is characterized by its crunchy texture.
千枚 is a compound of 千 (thousand) and 枚 (counter for flat objects). The tripe sense is an extension from the resemblance of the omasum's many folds to a stack of sheets.