Illustration: In a family home's spare room, an adult sits down at an upright piano whose dusty cover has just been pulled aside. A framed photograph on top shows the same person as a small child playing this piano beside a younger version of the elderly parent now standing nearby.

ぶり

buri

first time in, after an interval of

Follows a length of time, as in 十年ぶり. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

１０日にちぶりに雨あめが降ふった。
It rained for the first time in ten days.
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七年ななねんぶりに帰省きせいしました。
After an absence of seven years, I went home.
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３年ねんぶりに平和へいわが戻もどった。
Peace has returned after three years of war.
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