一いち文もん不ふ知ち

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

total illiteracy; complete inability to read

Literally 'not knowing even one character'; used to describe someone who is completely illiterate. Often used in set phrases like 一文不知の (illiterate).

• 彼かれは一いち文もん不ふ知ちで、自じ分ぶんの名な前まえも書かけない。

  He is totally illiterate and cannot even write his own name.

• 昔むかしの農のう村そんでは一いち文もん不ふ知ちの人ひとが多おおかった。

  In old farming villages, there were many people who were completely illiterate.