一いち文もん

noun

a tiny amount of money; a penny; a cent

Often used in negative or idiomatic expressions to mean not even the smallest amount of money, as in 一文にもならない or 一文無し.

• この古ふるい家か具ぐは売うっても一いち文もんにもならない。

  This old furniture would not fetch even a penny if sold.

• 財さい布ふをなくして一いち文もん無なしになった。

  I lost my wallet and ended up without a penny.

noun

one letter; one character

A limited or old-fashioned use of 文 as a character or written mark; modern Japanese usually uses 一字 for ordinary 'one character.'

• 「一いち文もん不ふ通つう」の一いち文もんは、「一ひとつの文も字じ」という意い味みで説せつ明めいされる。

  The 一文 in 一文不通 is explained as meaning 'one written character.'

noun

one mon; one mon coin or unit of currency

Historical currency use: 文 was a premodern Japanese monetary unit, and 一文 refers to one unit of it.

See also: 文

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文もん書じょには、一いち文もん、二に文もんという金きん額がくが出でてくる。

  In Edo-period documents, amounts such as one mon and two mon appear.