一いち文もん不ふ通つう

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

total illiteracy

Yojijukugo meaning complete inability to read or write; often used in formal or literary contexts to describe someone who is entirely illiterate.

• 彼かれは一いち文もん不ふ通つうで、自じ分ぶんの名な前まえすら書かけない。

  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通つうの人ひとが多おおかった。

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