Illustration: At a Japanese community centre craft table, a child holds up a single large sheet of plain paper with both hands. The sheet bends gently between the fingers, making its thinness unmistakable. An instructor presents an open palm beneath it, checking the child's contribution before a folding activity.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

一いち枚まい

ichimai

one flat item, one sheet

Used to count thin, flat objects. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. バスタオルが１枚まいしかありません。

    There is only one bath towel.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. どうか紙かみを１枚まい持もってきてください。

    Bring me a sheet of paper, please.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. タオルをもう１枚まいお持もちします。

    I’ll bring one more towel.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 一枚

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 枚sheet of...; counter for flat thin objects or sheetsOnマイ・バイ

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