Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese home, a parent counts square sheets of origami paper into a child's waiting hands. Three separated sheets lie flat in a neat row, and the parent holds up three fingers while sliding the next single sheet away from the remaining stack.

JLPT N5counterLevel estimated by Bebop

枚まい

mai

counter for flat objects

Example sentences

  1. このページのコピーを３枚まいとってください。

    Please make three copies of this page.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 絵えを何なん枚まい買かいましたか。

    How many pictures did you buy?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. １０円切手えんきってを５枚まい買かった。

    I bought five ten-yen stamps.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 枚

  • 枚sheet of...; counter for flat thin objects or sheetsOnマイ・バイ

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