二枚貝綱

にまいかいつな

bivalvia

二枚貝類

にまいがいるい

bivalves

一枚貝

いちまいがい いちまいかい

univalve

二枚

にまい

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

二枚腰

にまいごし にまいこし

(in sumo and judo) posture in which the legs are firmly planted

二枚目

にまいめ

handsome man

二枚肩

にまいがた

carrying a palanquin as a pair; palanquin carried by two people

二枚舌

にまいじた

double-dealing, duplicity, equivocation, double-tongued

二枚目半

にまいめはん

comedian who plays a lover's part, man who is both handsome and fun

二枚鑑札

にまいかんさつ

holding two positions at once (esp. of rikishi or judges who are also coaches)

二枚蹴り

にまいげり

ankle-kicking twist down

二枚折り

にまいおり

folio

二枚看板

にまいかんばん

the two leading actors (in a play), the two star players, the two distinctive features, the two main items (attractions)

枚

まい

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

貝

かい ばい バイ

Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell

一枚

ひとひら いちまい

one thin flat object, one sheet

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)

枚数

まいすう

win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers