noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
Describes having no money at all. Often used in the phrase 文無しになる (to become penniless).
See also: 一文無し
給料日前で文無しだ。
I'm broke right before payday.
彼はギャンブルで文無しになった。
He became penniless from gambling.
Synonymous; 一文無し is slightly more emphatic, literally 'not even one mon'.
From 文 (mon, old currency unit) + 無し (without). Literally 'without a mon', meaning completely without money.