The counter 枚
The counter 枚 is used to count flat, thin objects like paper, photographs and plates. Note in the table below that when using the counter 枚 after a numeral, no phonetic change occurs. In fact, for all counters starting with an m sound, no phonetic change occurs when they are preceded by a numeral.
Japanese | Hiragana reading |
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one flat, thin object | 一枚ichimai |
two flat, thin objects | 二枚nimai |
three flat, thin objects | 三枚sanmai |
four flat, thin objects | 四枚yonmai |
five flat, thin objects | 五枚gomai |
six flat, thin objects | 六枚rokumai |
seven flat, thin objects | 七枚nanamai |
eight flat, thin objects | 八枚hachimai |
nine flat, thin objects | 九枚kyuumai |
ten flat, thin objects | 十枚juumai |
Using counters to count objects
When counting objects we can place the counter after the object we are counting.
I want three photos. | 写真 三枚 が ほしい です。shashin sanmai ga hoshii desu. |
There are four plates. | 皿 四枚 が あります。sara yonmai ga arimasu. |
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