明あき盲めくら

noun

illiterate person; person who sees without understanding; amaurosis

Sensitive term. Literally 'seeing blind', it refers to someone who can see but cannot read (illiterate) or fails to comprehend what they see. Also used medically for amaurosis (blindness without visible eye damage).

• 昔むかしは学がっ校こうに行いけず、明あき盲めくらになる人ひとも多おおかった。

  In the past, many people couldn't go to school and became illiterate.

• 彼かれは字じが読よめない明あき盲めくらだったが、耳みみで覚おぼえて商しょう売ばいを覚おぼえた。

  He was illiterate and couldn't read, but he learned the trade by ear.