～ぶり(に): “For the first time in ○○”

Introduction

What's up!? Long time no see!

Okay, it hasn't really been that long, but today's lesson is all about things we haven't done for a while. And by a while, I mean... quite a while.

Let's get to it!

～ぶり(に): For the first time in... (forever)

構成こうせい

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  Nounぶりに・ぶりだ
  Example:
  → 一年いちねんぶりに税金ぜいきんを払はらいました。
  "I paid taxes for the first time in a year.”

Today you'll learn all about the ぶり suffix (occasionally written in kanji as 振ぶり), which is mainly used to say "It has been a long time since something happened". In a literal sense, 「ぶり」 simply means "after (a given period)", but all we have to do is attach it to a time noun, and away we go!