na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
uneducated; ignorant; illiterate
Describes a lack of formal education or knowledge; can be used as a noun or adjectivally with な or の.
He is uneducated but very clever.
arhat; one who has attained nirvana
Buddhist term for a person who has reached enlightenment and is free from further learning; used as a noun.
Even an illiterate person can read this book.
In Buddhism, mugaku refers to a saint who has completed their training.
無学 literally negates 学, meaning a lack of learning or education, in contrast to having 学 (scholarship).
無学 describes someone lacking education or learning, the opposite of an インテリ who is educated and intellectually inclined.
From 無 (mu, 'without') + 学 (gaku, 'learning'). The Buddhist sense is a translation of Sanskrit arhat, literally 'one who has nothing more to learn'.