とらえどころのない

expression, i-adjective

elusive; hard to pin down; vague

Describes something difficult to grasp, define, or understand clearly, such as a person's character, an idea, or a feeling. Often used for abstract qualities that seem to slip away when you try to analyze them.

• 彼かれの性せい格かくは捉とらえどころのないところがある。

  There is something elusive about his personality.

• その概がい念ねんは捉とらえどころのなくて、説せつ明めいしにくい。

  The concept is vague and hard to explain.