一枚下

いちまいした いちまいか

one step lower

一枚上

いちまいうえ いちまいじょう

one step higher, one better, cut above, one up

一枚岩

いちまいいわ

monolith, large slab of rock

紙一枚

かみいちまい

one sheet of paper

一枚貝

いちまいがい いちまいかい

univalve

パンツ一枚

パンツいちまい

(wearing) nothing but a pair of underpants

一枚看板

いちまいかんばん

leading player, prima donna, box-office star

一枚落ち

いちまいおち

playing shogi with a handicap of one castle (rook) or bishop

一枚上手

いちまいうわて

one step higher, one better, cut above, one up

一枚噛む

いちまいかむ

to participate in (as a member), to get involved in

首の皮一枚

くびのかわいちまい

still having a very small chance, still having a tiny shred of hope

座布団一枚

ざぶとんいちまい

that was a good one!; good pun!; what a stinger!; one zabuton

奇跡の一枚

きせきのいちまい

photo in which its subject looks much more attractive than their usual self

板子一枚下は地獄

いたごいちまいしたはじごく

there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition, on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave

枚

まい

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)

千枚

せんまい センマイ

1000 sheets (of paper), many pages

数枚

すうまい

several sheets (flat objects)

二枚

にまい

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

枚数

まいすう

win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers