歯医者（はいしゃ）に<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='26' data-vocab-id='935'>行（い）く</span>のは二年（にねん）<strong>ぶり</strong>だ。

十年（じゅうねん）<strong>ぶりに</strong>、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='1088'>高校（こうこう）</span>の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='416'>友達（ともだち）</span>に会（あ）った。

二週間（にしゅうかん）<strong>ぶり</strong><span class='chui'>の</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='522'>寿司（すし）</span>を<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='895' data-vocab-id='1077'>食（た）べた</span>。

３<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='542'>年（ねん）</span><strong>ぶりに</strong>日本食（にほんしょく）を味（あじ）わえて<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='545'>幸（しあわ）せ</span>です。

十日（とおか）<strong>ぶり</strong><span class='chui'>の</span>快晴（かいせい）で、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='178'>とても</span>さわやかだ。

2大会（たいかい）<strong>ぶりに</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='429'>同（おな）じ</span>組合（くみあわ）せでの決勝（けっしょう）戦（せん）だ。

叔父（おじ）<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='113'>さん</span>に<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='26 data-vocab-id='323'>会（あ）う</span>のは半年（はんとし）<strong>ぶり</strong>ですね。

数日（すうじつ）<strong>ぶりに</strong>原稿（げんこう）を書（か）き始（はじ）めた。

演劇（えんげき）を見（み）たのは<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='333'>何（なん）</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='542'>年（ねん）</span><strong>ぶり</strong>だろう。

しばらく<strong>ぶりに</strong>見（み）た運河（うんが）は、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='178'>とても</span>美（うつく）しかった。

大谷（おおたに）が３打席（だせき）<strong>ぶりに</strong>ヒットを打（う）った。

100<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='542'>年（ねん）</span><strong>ぶりに</strong>火山（かざん）が噴火（ふんか）しました。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='101'>こんな</span>に<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='882'>綺麗（きれい）</span>な<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='659'>景色（けしき）</span>は三年（さんねん）<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='395'>前（まえ）</span>の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='851'>秋（あき）</span><strong>ぶり</strong>だ。

<div class='writeup-body'>When used as a <span class='info-highlight' data-term='接尾語・せつびご'>suffix</span>, the voiced form of 振（ふ）り 'style', 振（ぶ）り will be used to indicate either the way something appears, or some specific lapse of time since the last time something happened. This can be translated as 'for the first time in (A)', or 'haven't done (B) for (A) time'.<br>As ぶり (appearing most often in hiragana) is a <span class='info-highlight' data-term='接尾語・せつびご'>suffix</span>, it will be used after nouns. When followed by に, the part (B) portion of the sentence will give more information about what wasn't done for the period of (A). Additionally, ぶり may be followed by の when attached directly to a second noun that is being modified by ぶり.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>1年（ねん）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='318'>ぶりに</span>５キロも走（はし）ったから明日（あした）は絶対（ぜったい）に筋肉痛（きんにくつう）だ。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I am definitely going to be sore tomorrow because I ran a 5K for the first time in a year.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>3年（ねん）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='318'>ぶりに</span>風呂（ふろ）に入（はい）る。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I bathed for the first time in 3 years.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>4年（ねん）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='318'>ぶりの</span>寿司（すし）だ！やっぱり日本（にほん）の寿司（すし）はうまいな！</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>This is my first time having sushi in 4 years! Man, Japanese sushi is the best!</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>高橋（たかはし）選手（せんしゅ）が10年（ねん）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='318'>ぶりの</span>優勝（ゆうしょう）！</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Takahashi won for the first time in 10 years!</div></li></ul><div class='writeup-caution'>Caution - Although it is not incorrect, it may be considered unnatural to use ぶり in situations where the interval of time is not significant, such as with minutes, seconds, and hours.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>51分（ぷん）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='318'>ぶりに</span>家（いえ）に帰（かえ）る。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I will go home for the first time in 51 minutes. (Unnatural Japanese)</div></li></ul></div></div>

Grammar Info

振(ぶ)りに

for the first time in, haven't done for some time