年ぶり – Vocabulary details

年ねんぶり

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

Kanji used

年

year

Pitch accent

ね

んぶり

Used in: 1425

Composed of

年ねん

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

ぶり

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)

私わたしは二に年ねんぶりに帰き宅たくした。

I got back home after two years.

私わたしは二に年ねんぶりに映えい画がを見みた。

I saw a movie for the first time in two years.

僕ぼくは五ご年ねんぶりで彼かれに会あえる日ひを楽たのしみに待まっていた。

I was looking forward to the day when I could see him after five years' separation.

彼かの女じょは５年ねんぶりに帰き国こくした。

She came home for the first time in five years.

今こ年としは３０年ねんぶりの猛もう暑しょです。

This is the hottest summer we've had in thirty years.

３０年ねんぶりにクラス会かいがあった。

There was a class reunion after 30 years.

彼かれは８年ねんぶりに日に本ほんに帰かえった。

He came back to Japan for the first time in eight years.

この夏なつは３０年ねんぶりの暑あつい夏なつです。

This is the hottest summer we have had in thirty years.

彼かれは１０年ねんぶりに故こ郷きょうを訪おとずれた。

He visited his hometown for the first time in ten years.

５年ねんぶりに吉よし田だ君くんに会あった。

I saw Yoshida for the first time in five years.

この寒さむさは５０年ねんぶりのひどさでした。

The cold was the worst in fifty years.

今こ年としの冬ふゆは２０年ねんぶりの寒さむさだそうだ。

This is the coldest winter we have had in twenty years, I hear.

昨さく年ねんは異い常じょうな冷れい夏かで、稲いな作さくは１０年ねんぶりの凶きょう作さくだった。

It was exceptionally cold last summer, and the rice crop was the worst in 10 years.

１いち月がつは暖あたたかいだろうと思おもっていたが、この冬ふゆは２０年ねんぶりの寒さむさだそうだ。