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メイ
Meanings
Counter
Honorific
1. counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
Noun
2. first name
Prefix
3. famous; great
Suffix
4. name
Noun
Abbreviation
5. noun
part of speech tag used in dictionaries
Alt. forms
名めい
98%
めい
1%
メイ
Pitch accent
メ
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Used in vocabulary (297 in total)
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
store name; shop name; restaurant name
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
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Examples (26 in total)
The committee is comprised of ten members.
Mary is a famous actress, isn't she?
Is Tom a famous actor?
I'd like to reserve a table for three.
There were three deaths in the car crash.
A hundred and fifty diplomats came to that conference.
The number of guests is 20.
Seven policemen were killed.
There are fifty members in this club.
This ticket admits two persons.
Two boys are absent from school today.
This class is composed of 35 pupils.
The class was made up of seventeen children.
Our committee consists of ten members.
Casualties are said to total up to 1,000.
At present, we have 1,600 students at our school.
Only three people thought it was a good idea.
The group consists of 50 students in all.
The university graduated 500 students last year.
The train was derailed and about thirty passengers were either killed or injured.
They named the ship the Mayflower.
The patients in this study consisted of 30 males and 25 females.
No one has shown up as yet, but we're expecting at least 50 students.
The toll from the accident was 5 persons dead and 100 persons injured.
Roughly speaking, there were about 30 people in the bus.
The bus fell off the cliff, killing all 10 aboard.