には当たらない means "there is no call to", "it isn't worth": a reaction such
as surprise, anger or praise would be out of proportion to what happened.
It goes after the dictionary form of a verb, or after a noun for a
reaction such as or .
。
There is nothing to be surprised about in that.
。
A mistake this small is no reason to get angry.
。
There is no reason to be gloomy about this result.
。
His decision doesn't deserve criticism.
The first half often gives the reason the reaction is out of place, with
or .
、。
Being famous is no reason to get special treatment.
には当たらない or ことはない
says the same thing in everyday Japanese: "there's no need
to". には当たらない is formal and written, and adds a judgement that the
reaction would be misplaced. It belongs to editorials, essays and formal
speech.
。
There's no need to worry that much.
。
A problem of this size is nothing to worry about.
Lingaku