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ぶりに

ぶりにburi niN3neutral

for the first time in — resuming something after a notable gap

十年じゅうねんぶりに再会さいかいした友達ともだちと、夜遅よるおそくまで話はなしちゃった。

juunenburi ni saikai shita tomodachi to, yoru osoku made hanashichatta.

I ended up talking late into the night with a friend I was reuniting with for the first time in ten years. casual

三年さんねんぶりに実家じっかに帰かえった。

sannenburi ni jikka ni kaetta.

I went back to my parents' place for the first time in three years. neutral

Same meaning1

after a gap of; ever since

All examples3

for the first time in — counts the gap since this last happened

  1. 十年じゅうねんぶりに再会さいかいした友達ともだちと、夜遅よるおそくまで話はなしちゃった。

    juunenburi ni saikai shita tomodachi to, yoru osoku made hanashichatta.

    I ended up talking late into the night with a friend I was reuniting with for the first time in ten years. casual

  2. 三年さんねんぶりに実家じっかに帰かえった。

    sannenburi ni jikka ni kaetta.

    I went back to my parents' place for the first time in three years. neutral

  3. 十年じゅうねんぶりに開催かいさいされる同窓会どうそうかいに、多おおくの卒業生そつぎょうせいが参加さんかされました。

    juunenburi ni kaisai sareru dousoukai ni, ooku no sotsugyousei ga sanka saremashita.

    Many alumni attended the reunion, held for the first time in ten years. formal

How it's formed1

Notes

久ひさしぶり alone works as its own sentence — 久ひさしぶりだね "long time no
see." A different ぶり adds manner, not duration (話はなしぶり), unrelated here.