Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “一つ覚え”

一つ覚え

ひとつおぼえ

knowing only one thing (and repeating it often); saying the only thing one knows (at every opportunity); repeating the only thing one knows

Example sentence

He that knows little often repeats it.

Kanji details

一

・one

・one radical (no.1)

覚

・memorize

・learn

・remember

・awake

・sober up