"二枚目" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ɲ̟ima̠ime̞] Forms: 二枚目 [canonical] (ruby: (), (まい), ()), nimaime [romanization]
Etymology: The literal sense is a compound of 二 (ni, “two”) + 枚 (mai, counter for flat things) + 目 (me, ordinal marker), literally “second sheet, second flat thing”. The idiomatic usage arose from a convention during the Edo Period wherein a kabuki play's handsome character would be listed second on signboards. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|二|枚|目|pos2=counter for flat things|pos3=ordinal marker|t1=two|tr1=ni|tr2=mai|tr3=me}} 二 (ni, “two”) + 枚 (mai, counter for flat things) + 目 (me, ordinal marker) Head templates: {{ja-noun|にまいめ}} 二(に)枚(まい)目(め) • (nimaime)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 二, 枚, 目. (the second sheet or other flat thing)
    Sense id: en-二枚目-ja-noun-YVWDJx1a 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: 60 10 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 58 10 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 58 10 32
  2. a handsome male character, especially one that gets involved in a romance during the story
    Sense id: en-二枚目-ja-noun-JnA2Q7Yq
  3. (by extension) a handsome man, a male love interest Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-二枚目-ja-noun-dBpkvPuE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 二枚目半 (nimaime-han) (ruby: 二枚目半(にまいめはん)) (english: a comic character who is also the male love interest; second-and-a-half sheet) [literally] Related terms: 三枚目 (sanmaime) (ruby: (さん), (まい), ()) (english: comic character; antagonist, bad guy, baddie)

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      "roman": "nimaime-han",
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    }
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      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ima̠ime̞]"
    }
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    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
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