"三枚目" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [sã̠mːa̠ime̞] Forms: 三枚目 [canonical] (ruby: (さん), (まい), ()), sanmaime [romanization]
Etymology: The literal sense is a compound of 三 (san, “three”) + 枚 (mai, counter for flat things) + 目 (me, ordinal marker), literally “third sheet, third flat thing”. The idiomatic usage arose from a convention during the Edo Period wherein a kabuki play's comic character (or less commonly, the antagonist) would be listed third on signboards. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|三|枚|目|pos2=counter for flat things|pos3=ordinal marker|t1=three|tr1=san|tr2=mai|tr3=me}} 三 (san, “three”) + 枚 (mai, counter for flat things) + 目 (me, ordinal marker) Head templates: {{ja-noun|さんまいめ}} 三(さん)枚(まい)目(め) • (sanmaime)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 三, 枚, 目. (the third sheet or other flat thing)
    Sense id: en-三枚目-ja-noun-BQnmFPwz
  2. a comic character
    Sense id: en-三枚目-ja-noun-4JjPfHSY
  3. (by extension) a funny or ridiculous person Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-三枚目-ja-noun-L25UryyM Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 26 28 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 9 84 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 9 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 三枚目敵 (ruby: (さん), (まい), (), (がたき)) (alt: sanmaime-gataki, see also 敵 (kataki, )) (english: a comical antagonist character or role; antagonist, rival, enemy) Related terms: 二枚目 (nimaime) (ruby: (), (まい), ()) (english: handsome character, male love interest), 二枚目半 (nimaime-han) (ruby: 二枚目半(にまいめはん)) (english: handsome character who is also comical; second-and-a-half sheet) [literally]

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      "ipa": "[sã̠mːa̠ime̞]"
    }
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        [
          "枚",
          "まい"
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          "敵",
          "がたき"
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    {
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      "ipa": "[sã̠mːa̠ime̞]"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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}

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