ordinary person; average person; nobody special
Almost always used in negative expressions like 只者ではない or 只者じゃない to mean 'not an ordinary person', implying someone is remarkable, extraordinary, or suspicious.
His skill is not that of an ordinary person.
I thought that man was no ordinary person.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; common in informal writing.
Rarely used kanji form.
Compound of 只 (tada, 'ordinary, mere') and 者 (mono, 'person'). The reading ただもの is a straightforward combination of the two elements.