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枚 まい

  1. counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins)
  2. counter for portions of gyōza or soba
  3. counter for ranks
  4. counter for wrestlers of a particular rank
  5. counter for fields or rice paddies
  6. counter for palanquin bearers

枚数 まいすう N2

  1. the number of flat things
  2. win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers

枚挙 まいきょ

  1. enumeration

枚を銜む ばいをふくむ

  1. to gag (a horse)

枚挙にいとまがない まいきょにいとまがない

  1. too many to count; too numerous to mention

枚組 まいぐみ

  1. counter for collections or assemblies of flat objects (e.g. CDs, DVDs, etc.)

一枚 いちまい

  1. one (thin, flat object); one sheet

一枚岩 いちまいいわ

  1. large slab of rock; monolith
  2. solidarity; unanimity; unity (of a group, organization, etc.)

三枚 さんまい

  1. three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
  2. cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

二枚舌 にまいじた

  1. double-dealing; double-tongued; duplicity; equivocation
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