無む知ち文もん盲もう

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

ignorance and illiteracy

A yojijukugo describing a state of being both uneducated and unable to read; often used critically or self-deprecatingly.

• 無む知ち文もん盲もうの自じ分ぶんを恥はじた。

  I was ashamed of my own ignorance and illiteracy.

• 無む知ち文もん盲もうな人ひとでも、学まなぶ意い欲よくがあれば大だい丈じょう夫ぶだ。

  Even someone who is ignorant and illiterate will be fine if they have the desire to learn.