まい
Meanings
Counter
1. counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)
2. counter for positions or roles
3. counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba)
4. counter for ranking level
Kanji used
a sheet of
Pitch accent
Top 2200
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
one thin flat object; one sheet
one thin flat object; one sheet
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
several sheets (flat objects)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
1000 sheets (of paper); many pages; book tripe; bible tripe; leaf tripe
large sum (of money)
enumeration
second highest division
Examples (21 in total)
I bought some clothes.
How many tickets do you need?
How many coins did you find?