数枚

すうまい

several sheets (flat objects)

枚

まい

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

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

二枚

にまい

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

何枚

なんまい

how many thin flat objects?

三枚

さんまい

three flat objects (e.g. tickets, pieces of cloth, etc.)

枚挙

まいきょ

enumeration

大枚

たいまい

large sum (of money)

枚組

まいぐみ

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

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

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

三枚肉

さんまいにく

boned rib (esp. of pork or beef)

二枚肩

にまいがた

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

三枚目

さんまいめ

comedian, actor who plays comic roles

二枚貝

にまいがい

bivalve

二枚舌

にまいじた

double-dealing, duplicity, equivocation, double-tongued