noun, takes genitive case の

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

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
一つ覚え ひとつおぼえ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
memorize, learn, remember
カク おぼ.える さ.ます (4th, N3)
to learn(𦥯) variant
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
see, hopes, chances
み.る ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)