枚売り

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 枚売り is read as まいうり and refers to items sold individually or a single-sheet sale.
• Basic usage: It can describe selling paper by the sheet or asking whether envelopes are available individually.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Selling paper by the sheet
  • 枚売りしている: This store sells colored paper by the sheet. Example: この店では色紙を枚売りしている。
• Asking about individual envelope sales
  • 枚売り: I asked the clerk whether envelopes could be bought individually. Example: 封筒の枚売りができるか店員に尋ねた。