ぶり
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・か月・週間・何年 etc.) + ぶり (に): (B)N / Vます stem + ぶり
Examples
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二年ぶりにこんなにぐっすり寝た。
五年ぶりに故郷に帰った。
一週間ぶりに晴れた。
久しぶりに友達に会えるので、楽しみだ。
彼の働きぶりを見て、社長は安心した。
彼は気持ちのいい食べっぷりで、ラーメンを三杯も食べた。
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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 三年ぶりに彼に会っていない。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 三年間彼に会っていない。 / 三年ぶりに彼に会った。
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 + ~ていない.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 昨日ぶりに友達に会った。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 昨日も友達に会った。
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: 彼の食べぶりはすごい。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 彼の食べっぷりはすごい。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: After verbs of eating/drinking, the usual form is Vます stem + っぷり (食べっぷり, 飲みっぷり), 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) 働きぶり, 話しぶり, 食べっぷり, 飲みっぷり etc. are nouns that comment on how someone does something. The っぷり form often sounds vivid and positive; 働きぶり/暮らしぶり are fairly formal.
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