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ねんぶり
Meanings
Expression
1. after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
Alt. forms
年ねんぶり
92%
年ねん振ぶり
7%
ねんぶり
Pitch accent
ね
んぶり
Used in: 2
Composed of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
Examples (14 in total)
I got back home after two years.
I saw a movie for the first time in two years.
I was looking forward to the day when I could see him after five years' separation.
She came home for the first time in five years.
This is the hottest summer we've had in thirty years.
There was a class reunion after 30 years.
He came back to Japan for the first time in eight years.
This is the hottest summer we have had in thirty years.
He visited his hometown for the first time in ten years.
I saw Yoshida for the first time in five years.
The cold was the worst in fifty years.
This is the coldest winter we have had in twenty years, I hear.
It was exceptionally cold last summer, and the rice crop was the worst in 10 years.
We expected that we should have a warm January, but we hear that this winter is the coldest in twenty years.