ぶり
Meanings
Suffix
Usually written in kana
1. style; manner; way
2. after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
Pitch accent
Top 1300
Used in vocabulary (64 in total)
it's been a long time; long time no see
way of speaking; intimation
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
Examples (14 in total)
I'm satisfied with his progress.
It's been three years since I've had a real vacation.
It rained for the first time in ten days.
I left my local area for the first time in a few days.
His extravagance is out of proportion to his wage.
We were all rather exhausted.
I don't like the way he talks.
His incompetence began to irritate everyone.
He speaks as if he knew the criminal.
She talks as if she knew everything.
Prof. Smith is famous for his eccentric life style.
Everybody watched the president laugh with a puzzled expression on their faces.
I returned to my hometown after five years' absence.
After an absence of ten months, he returned home.