Counters › 枚
枚 (mai) — counting flat, thin things
Paper, tickets, plates, shirts, CDs, pizza — anything flat.
How to count with 枚, 1 to 10
| # | Reading | Romaji | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | いちまい | ichimai | 1枚 |
| 2 | にまい | nimai | 2枚 |
| 3 | さんまい | sanmai | 3枚 |
| 4 | よんまい | yonmai | 4枚 |
| 5 | ごまい | gomai | 5枚 |
| 6 | ろくまい | rokumai | 6枚 |
| 7 | ななまい | nanamai | 7枚 |
| 8 | はちまい | hachimai | 8枚 |
| 9 | きゅうまい | kyuumai | 9枚 |
| 10 | じゅうまい | juumai | 10枚 |
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Watch out
Nothing changes at all: いちまい, にまい, さんまい… This is the easiest counter in the language, so it is a good one to start with.
In a sentence
| Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 切符を二枚買いました | きっぷをにまいかいました kippuwonimaikaimashita | I bought two tickets. |
| 紙が十枚あります | かみがじゅうまいあります kamigajuumaiarimasu | There are ten sheets of paper. |
The kanji
Other counters
- つ (tsu) — the all-purpose counter
- 人 (nin) — people
- 本 (hon) — long, thin things
- 個 (ko) — small, roundish objects
- 匹 (hiki) — small animals
- 頭 (tou) — large animals
- 冊 (satsu) — books and bound volumes
- 台 (dai) — machines and vehicles
- 杯 (hai) — cupfuls and glassfuls
- 階 (kai) — floors of a building
- 回 (kai) — times / occurrences
- 歳 (sai) — age in years
- 軒 (ken) — houses and shops
- 足 (soku) — pairs of footwear
- 着 (chaku) — suits and outfits
- 通 (tsuu) — letters and documents
- 名 (mei) — people (formal)
- 番 (ban) — order and rank
- 分 (fun) — minutes
- 時 (ji) — o'clock
- 年 (nen) — years
- ヶ月 (kagetsu) — months (duration)
- 週間 (shuukan) — weeks
- 泊 (haku) — nights of a stay
- 日 (nichi) — days and dates