一いち毫ごう

noun

a bit; a trifle; a tiny amount

Rare literary noun for a very small quantity or degree. Often used in negative contexts to mean 'not even a bit'. Modern equivalents include 少し, わずか, or ほんの少し.

• 彼かれの言こと葉ばには一いち毫ごうの真しん実じつもなかった。

  There was not a grain of truth in his words.

• 一いち毫ごうの疑うたがいもなく、彼かれは正ただしいと思おもった。

  Without a shadow of a doubt, he thought he was right.