ただならない

i-adjective

unusual; serious; extraordinary

Describes a situation, atmosphere, or feeling that is not ordinary, often implying something serious or alarming is happening. Commonly used in the phrase ただならない雰囲気 (a tense/unusual atmosphere).

See also: 只ならぬ

• 会かい議ぎ室しつにはただならない雰ふん囲い気きが漂ただよっていた。

  There was an unusual tension in the air in the meeting room.

• 彼かれのただならない様よう子す

i-adjective

incomparable; matchless

Rare literary use meaning something is beyond comparison, often in a positive sense. More commonly expressed with 比類のない or 無類の in modern Japanese.

• 彼かれのただならない才さい能のうは、周しゅう囲いの誰だれもが認みとめるところだった。

  His incomparable talent was acknowledged by everyone around him.