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ぶり

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ぶり
Yuzuo Chan
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11.06.2025
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Meaning

(A) For the first time in (a period of time); after an interval of … since the last time.
(B) The way/manner in which someone does something, or the state of something (usually evaluated).

Conjugation

(A)Time/period (年ねん・か月かげつ・週間しゅうかん・何年なんねん etc.) + ぶり (に): (B)N / Vます stem + ぶり

Examples

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二年にねんぶりにこんなにぐっすり寝ねた。
五年ごねんぶりに故郷ふるさとに帰かえった。
一週間いっしゅうかんぶりに晴はれた。
久ひさしぶりに友達ともだちに会あえるので、楽たのしみだ。
彼かれの働はたらきぶりを見みて、社長しゃちょうは安心あんしんした。
彼かれは気持きもちのいい食たべっぷりで、ラーメンを三杯さんばいも食たべた。

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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 三年さんねんぶりに彼かれに会あっていない。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 三年間さんねんかん彼かれに会あっていない。 / 三年さんねんぶりに彼かれに会あった。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: ぶり means the action happens again after a gap, so it is normally used with an affirmative verb. For 'haven't done for X', use ~間かん + ~ていない.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 昨日きのうぶりに友達ともだちに会あった。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 昨日きのうも友達ともだちに会あった。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: ぶり needs a span of time that feels long (weeks, months, years). Very short gaps such as 'yesterday' are unnatural.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 彼かれの食たべぶりはすごい。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 彼かれの食たべっぷりはすごい。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: After verbs of eating/drinking, the usual form is Vます stem + っぷり (食たべっぷり, 飲のみっぷり), not ぶり.

Key points

(A) Attach it to a length of time, and the sentence says the same action or event is happening again after that long gap. It implies the speaker feels the gap was long. The verb is normally affirmative (not 'haven't done'), although a negative predicate is possible when the nonoccurrence itself is the event. 久ひさしぶり ('long time no see') is the set phrase. Compare ~ぶりに with ~ぶりだ (noun predicate) and with ~ていない (a state of not having done for a period).
(B) 働はたらきぶり, 話はなしぶり, 食たべっぷり, 飲のみっぷり etc. are nouns that comment on how someone does something. The っぷり form often sounds vivid and positive; 働はたらきぶり/暮くらしぶり are fairly formal.
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