無む一いち物もつ

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

having nothing; penniless; without possessions

Describes a state of owning nothing, often used in a spiritual or philosophical context, but can also refer to literal poverty.

• 彼かれは無む一いち物もつから身みを起おこした。

  He started out with nothing.

• 無む一いち物もつの状じょう態たいで旅たびに出でる。

  Set out on a journey with no possessions.

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

free of earthly attachments; detachment from material things

Buddhist term for the ideal state of having no material or emotional attachments. Often appears in the phrase 本来無一物.

See also: 本来無一物

• 禅ぜんでは本ほん来らい無む一いち物もつという考かんがえ方かたを大たい切せつにする。

  In Zen, the concept of 'originally there is nothing' is valued.