まい

枚

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

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Counter

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

Counter

counter for portions of gyōza or soba

Counter

counter for ranks

Counter

counter for wrestlers of a particular rank

Counter

counter for fields or rice paddies

Counter

counter for palanquin bearers

Example Sentences

壁に何(なん)枚(まい)かの絵があります。

There are some pictures on the wall.

彼(かれ)は彼(かれ)女に紙(かみ)を１枚(まい)あげた。

He gave her a piece of paper.

彼(かれ)は切手(きって)を５００枚(まい)も集めた。

He has collected no fewer than five hundred stamps.

彼(かれ)は私(わたし)に切手(きって)を何(なん)枚(まい)かくれた。

He gave me some stamps.

僕(ぼく)の所(ところ)にエースが４枚(まい)来(くる)ている。

I have been dealt four aces.

sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets

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