When I was a junior high school student, my English teacher told us that you could not count the paper, which confused us very much, because we actually counted it here in Japan. Give me a planet you stay on, and I will count the paper. Rather, there is nothing at all this world that Japanese people cannot count. I belive you want to count the paper which you have never done it yet.
OK. Let's count the paper!
We add 「枚（マイ, mai）」 in order to count it. The pronunciation of 「枚」 is the same to English "my" at all. Do not speak it like "may". You can use this numeral suffix for something thin such as the paper, card, postage stamp, ticket, picture, photo, towel, handkerchief, curtain, sheet, board, plate, coin, paper money, wall, door, glass of window, petal and so on.
The forward number is based on the Chinese style pronunciations, except for 4 and 7, because the pronunciation 「枚（マイ, mai）」 is the Chinese syle one, too.
The standard number list used for 「枚」 is below;
Remember ? If not, please review "How to count things (1) number (1)".
You can add 「枚」 to the standard numbers simply. It is easy, isn't it?
However, "0" is very particular. If you come across the Arabic writing, "0" or "0枚", you can speak it "zero" or "zero mai" as well as "rei" or "rei mai". However, "零" and "零枚" can be adapted to only "rei" and "rei mai". I would like you to remember that the pronunciation "zero" is from English, although every Kanji is pronunced by the Chinese or Japanese style pronunciation. Please review "How to count things (8) counters (1) ban(me)".
OK. Let's count the paper!
We add 「枚（マイ, mai）」 in order to count it. The pronunciation of 「枚」 is the same to English "my" at all. Do not speak it like "may". You can use this numeral suffix for something thin such as the paper, card, postage stamp, ticket, picture, photo, towel, handkerchief, curtain, sheet, board, plate, coin, paper money, wall, door, glass of window, petal and so on.
| paper | 紙 | かみ | kami |
| card | カード | ka-do | |
| postage stamp | 切手 | きって | kitte |
| ticket | チケット 券 切符 *for traffic ticket | ケン きっプ | chiketto ken kippu |
| picture | 絵 | エ | e |
| photo | 写真 | シャシン | shashin |
| towel | タオル | taoru | |
| handkerchief | ハンカチ | hankachi | |
| curtain | カーテン | ka-ten | |
| sheet | シート | shi-to | |
| board | 板 | いた | ita |
| plate | 皿 お皿 *by women | さら おさら | sara osara |
| coin | コイン 硬貨 | コウカ | koin ko-ka |
| paper money | 紙幣 | シヘイ | shihe- |
| wall | 壁 | カベ | kabe |
| door | ドア 扉 | とびら | doa tobira |
| glass of window | 窓ガラス | まどガラス | madogarasu |
| petal | 花びら | はなびら | hanabira |
The forward number is based on the Chinese style pronunciations, except for 4 and 7, because the pronunciation 「枚（マイ, mai）」 is the Chinese syle one, too.
The standard number list used for 「枚」 is below;
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 一 | 二 | 三 | 四 | 五 | 六 | 七 | 八 | 九 | 十 | |
| ゼロ | イチ | ニ | サン | よん | ゴ | ロク | なな | ハチ | キュウ（ク） | ジュウ |
| zero | ichi | ni | san | yon | go | roku | nana | hachi | kyu-(ku) | ju- |
Remember ? If not, please review "How to count things (1) number (1)".
| 0 （ゼロ） | → | 零枚 | レイマイ／ゼロマイ | rei mai / zero mai |
| 1 （イチ） | → | 一枚 | イチマイ | ichi mai |
| 2 （ニ） | → | 二枚 | ニマイ | ni mai |
| 3 （サン） | → | 三枚 | サンマイ | san mai |
| 4 （よん） | → | 四枚 | よんマイ | yon mai |
| 5 （ゴ） | → | 五枚 | ゴマイ | go mai |
| 6 （ロク） | → | 六枚 | ロクマイ | roku mai |
| 7 （なな） | → | 七枚 | ななマイ | nana mai |
| 8 （ハチ） | → | 八枚 | ハチマイ | hachi mai |
| 9 （キュウ） | → | 九枚 | キュウマイ | kyu- mai |
You can add 「枚」 to the standard numbers simply. It is easy, isn't it?
However, "0" is very particular. If you come across the Arabic writing, "0" or "0枚", you can speak it "zero" or "zero mai" as well as "rei" or "rei mai". However, "零" and "零枚" can be adapted to only "rei" and "rei mai". I would like you to remember that the pronunciation "zero" is from English, although every Kanji is pronunced by the Chinese or Japanese style pronunciation. Please review "How to count things (8) counters (1) ban(me)".
| 10 （ジュウ） | → | 十枚 | ジュウマイ | ju- mai |
| 11 （ジュウイチ） | → | 十一枚 | ジュウイチマイ | ju-ichi mai |
| 12 （ジュウニ） | → | 十二枚 | ジュウニマイ | ju-ni mai |
| 13 （ジュウサン） | → | 十三枚 | ジュウサンマイ | ju-san mai |
| 14 （ジュウよん） | → | 十四枚 | ジュウよんマイ | ju-yon mai |
| 15 （ジュウゴ） | → | 十五枚 | ジュウゴマイ | ju-go mai |
| 16 （ジュウロク） | → | 十六枚 | ジュウロクマイ | ju-roku mai |
| 17 （ジュウなな） | → | 十七枚 | ジュウななマイ | ju-nana mai |
| 18 （ジュウハチ） | → | 十八枚 | ジュウハチマイ | ju-hachi mai |
| 19 （ジュウキュウ） | → | 十九枚 | ジュウキュウマイ | ju-kyu- mai |
| 20 （ニジュウ） | → | 二十枚 | ニジュウマイ | niju- mai |
| 30 （サンジュウ） | → | 三十枚 | サンジュウマイ | sanju- mai |
| 40 （よんジュウ） | → | 四十枚 | よんジュウマイ | yonju- mai |
| 50 （ゴジュウ） | → | 五十枚 | ゴジュウマイ | goju- mai |
| 60 （ロクジュウ） | → | 六十枚 | ロクジュウマイ | rokuju- mai |
| 70 （ななジュウ） | → | 七十枚 | ななジュウマイ | nanaju- mai |
| 80 （ハチジュウ） | → | 八十枚 | ハチジュウマイ | hachiju- mai |
| 90 （キュウジュウ） | → | 九十枚 | キュウジュウマイ | kyu-ju- mai |
| 100 （ヒャク） | → | 百枚 | ヒャクマイ | hyaku mai |
| 1000 （（イッ）セン） | → | （一）千枚 | （イッ）センマイ | (is)sen mai |
| 10000 （イチマン） | → | 一万枚 | イチマンマイ | ichiman mai |
| 100000000 （イチオク） | → | 一億枚 | イチオクマイ | ichioku mai |
Thank you for reading !
P.S.
I added the list of Japanese words next to the third paragraph on 30th June 2011.
How to count things (1) number (1)
How to count things (8) counters (1) ban(me)
How to count things (10) counters (3) dai
P.S.
I added the list of Japanese words next to the third paragraph on 30th June 2011.
How to count things (1) number (1)
How to count things (8) counters (1) ban(me)
How to count things (10) counters (3) dai
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