Example sentences with 枚数


I'm trying to learn how to use the word 枚数. However, I'm having some trouble
to find example sentences that teach me how to use it, since in most websites
I know such as Jisho, Tangorin and so on, there are not sentences available
with 枚数.

Only in Goo dictionary I could find this collocation:

> はがきの枚数を数える; count the (number of) postcards

But sincerely, I can't figure out a close situation or an imaginary but
possible situation in which I have to count postcards, so this kind of
artificial (from my point of view) collocations do not help me to interiorize
the usage of 枚数.

And in Weblio, the vast majority of sentences are not understood without
context and are very unfriendly for learners. Just as an example:

>
> 自動走行しながら無線タグを読み取り、一定距離ごとに読取予定枚数と読取完了枚数とを比較し、読取予定枚数を読取完了枚数が下回った場合、自動走行を停止する。例文帳に追加

> This radio tag reader/writer reads a radio tag while automatically
> traveling, and compares the scheduled number of sheets of reading with the
> completed number of sheets of reading for every fixed distance, and when the
> scheduled number of sheets of reading becomes less than the completed number
> of sheets of reading, the radio tag reader/writer stops automatic traveling.
> - 特許庁

**Then, could you please give me complete and friendly-for-learners example
sentences with 枚数?**

I'd appreciate a lot if you could give me complete example sentences, not just
collocations, since complete sentences help me better to understand and
remember words.

The more examples you can give, the better.




In Japanese, there are particular "counting words" that are used. They are
used depending on the shape of the thing being counted. Some of the ones I
learned when I learned Japanese are:

〜枚（まい）: Flat things, such as postcards, letters, pages of a book  
〜冊（さつ）: Things composed of pages, usually books  
〜台（だい）: Mechanized objects, usually things like cars or factory machinery  
〜本（ほん）: Narrow things, like straws or pencils  
〜匹（ひき）: Small, usually tailed animals, like dogs or cats (there is a different
counter for large animals like elephants and gorillas, but I forgot what it
is)  
〜人（にん）: People

Using these words followed by 数（すう）, meaning "number", is a way of saying "the
number of X" or "the count of X". For example, when talking about postcards,
you would use 枚数 to talk about how many postcards you have. The most common of
these constructions is almost certainly 人数, although I have also heard 枚数 from
time to time, as my hobby is playing trading card games where the topic of
flat things comes up in conversation on a regular basis. To be honest, I have
never heard the other ones, although I'm sure they exist in particular
contexts.

While this might be difficult to explain with the examples of postcards, any
flat object can have a 枚数, so I'll change the subject a little. If you are
playing poker and you want to make sure the dealer isn't cheating, you could
say:

枚数を数えていいですか？ = May I count the number of cards (in the deck)?  
(Of course, if you actually said this in a casino, you might get punched in
the face, so don't do that)

It's difficult to come up with non-contrived sentences using 枚数, because it's
simply not a particularly common word; in questions you would more commonly
use 何枚 (how many 枚) and in statements you would just state the number. The
example sentence 「ポストカードの枚数は６枚です」 is technically correct but extremely
unnatural; it's the type of thing you would learn to say in a classroom but if
you said to a native speaker they'd look at you like you were from outer space
(even accounting for the case in which saying "there are 6 postcards" was a
reasonable statement in-context, which is another whole can of worms).

For reference, if you're not sure of the particular counting word to use,
個数（こすう） or simply 数（かず） will suffice in most situations; for questions you can
use 何個 or いくつ (how many?). The exception being that 個 would more often be used
for non-living things (個 has a meaning close to "object"), so if you used it
for people or animals it might sound weird. I've never had a problem in Japan
using 数/いくつ for everything, so it's best to stick to those when you're unsure.

