So I'm having a friendly debate with someone over the correct parsing of this
sentence:

> 隆之介のような無類のライトレベルを操る才覚なく

Namely the way 無類 is affecting it.

I'm of the opinion that the correct way to parse this is:

> He doesn't have the quick wits to handle unmatched light levels like
> Ryunosuke can. (I.e. Ryunosuke's light levels are unmatched)

But my buddy thinks it would be more accurate to say:

> He doesn't have the quick wits to handle light levels in an unmatched way
> like Ryunosuke can. (I.e. Ryunosuke's handling of light levels is unmatched)

I felt confident in my version but I'm seriously second guessing myself now.
If someone could break it down I'd be grateful!
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translation parsing
The correct parsing of 無類 In this sentence
Basically, this is [purely context-
dependent](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/46822/5010). What's the
previous context? "Ryunosuke has an exceptional talent?" Or are they talking
about varying strengths of _light levels_ and "Ryunosuke has a talent of
handling even strong _light levels_?"

That said, I tend to think 無類の modifies 才覚 unless the context is clearly about
the varying strength of _light levels_. That is, the phrase **probably** means
"He doesn't have an unmatched talent of handling _light levels_ like that of
Ryunosuke".
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