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枚挙

まいきょ

N1enumeration · listing

Examples

この町の魅力は多く、枚挙にいとまがない。

問題点を枚挙するだけでなく、解決策も示してほしい。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 枚挙(まいきょ) means enumerating examples or items one by one.
  • Basic usage: It appears when setting out a place's attractions or problems to be addressed.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Too many to list
    • 枚挙にいとまがない is an idiom meaning that there are so many that one has no time to list them all.
  • Different from 枚 as a counter
    • 枚挙 concerns enumerating examples, so it is not restricted to the use of for counting paper or flat objects.

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