ならでは

Japanese

ならで (negative conjunctive form of classical copula なり) + は

ならでは • (narade wa)

unique to ...; peculiar to ...; only applicable to ...
日(に)本(ほん)ならではの光(こう)景(けい)
Nihon narade wa no kōkei
a view that can only be seen in Japan
if [something] is not ...; unless [something] is ...
- 1891, 森鴎外, 柵草紙の山房論文‎^[1], 青空文庫:
  
  唯(ただ)無(む)意(い)識(しき)中(ちゆう)よりの神(しん)來(らい)には眞(しん)の大(だい)詩(し)人(じん)ならでは多(おほ)く逢(あ)はず。
  Tada muishiki-chū yori no shinrai ni wa shin no daishijin narade wa ōku awazu.
  But one does not encounter much inspiration from the unconscious unless one is a truly great poet.

In sense 1, noun + ならでは behaves like a noun and is used
- to modify another noun: noun 1 + ならでは + の + noun 2
- in the predicate: noun + ならでは + copula
Tends to be used for positive situations.