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類いない (たぐいない) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

類たぐいない

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Meanings

1

i-adjective

unparalleled; incomparable; matchless

formal or literary

Formal or literary adjective meaning that nothing else of its kind can compare. Often used in elevated descriptions of beauty, talent, or achievement.

See also: 比類ない · 類のない

彼かの女じょの美うつくしさは類たぐい

ない

もの

だっ

た

。

Her beauty was unparalleled.

この作さく品ひんには類たぐいない価か値ちがある。

This work has incomparable value.

Written forms

類たぐいない
Standard kanji spelling; the okurigana い makes the reading clear.
類たぐいない
Variant without the extra い; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

類sort, kind, variety

Similar words

比ひ類るいない
Synonymous and also formal; 比類ない is slightly more common in modern writing, while 類いない can feel more literary.
類るいのない
Phrasal equivalent using the noun 類; 類のない is more colloquial and flexible, whereas 類いない is a fixed adjective.

Etymology

Compound of 類い (tagui, 'kind, sort') + ない (nai, 'not exist'), literally 'without equal kind'. The kanji 類 means 'type' or 'class'.