歯医者（はいしゃ）に行（い）くのは二年（にねん）<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>だ。

十年（じゅうねん）<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>、高校（こうこう）の友達（ともだち）に会（あ）った。

二週間（にしゅうかん）<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>寿司（すし）を食（た）べた。

三（さん）年（ねん）<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>日本食（にほんしょく）を味（あじ）わえて幸（しあわ）せです。

十日（とおか）<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>快晴（かいせい）で、とてもさわやかだ。

１００年（ひゃくねん）<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>火山（かざん）が噴火（ふんか）しました。

叔父（おじ）さんに会（あ）うのは半年（はんとし）<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>ですね。

大谷（おおたに）が３打席（さんだせき）<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>ヒットを打（う）った。

数日（すうじつ）<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>原稿（げんこう）を書（か）き始（はじ）めた。

演劇（えんげき）を見（み）たのは何（なん）年（ねん）<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>だろう。

こんなに綺麗（きれい）な景色（けしき）は三年（さんねん）前（まえ）の秋（あき）<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>だ。

二（に）大会（たいかい）<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>同（おな）じ組合（くみあわ）せでの決勝（けっしょう）戦（せん）だ。

しばらく<span class='study-area-input'>____</span>見（み）た運河（うんが）は、とても美（うつく）しかった。

<p>When used as a <span data-term='接尾語・せつびご'>suffix</span>, the voiced form of 振（ふ）り 'style', 振（ぶ）り will be used to indicate either the way something appears, or some specific lapse of time since the last time something happened. This can be translated as 'for the first time in (A)', or 'haven't done (B) for (A) time'.</p>

<p>As ぶり (appearing most often in hiragana) is a <span data-term='接尾語・せつびご'>suffix</span>, it will be used after nouns. When followed by に, the part (B) portion of the sentence will give more information about what wasn't done for the period of (A). Additionally, ぶり may be followed by の when attached directly to a second noun that is being modified by ぶり.</p>

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<section class='caution'><h4>Caution</h4>
<p>Although it is not incorrect, it may be considered unnatural to use ぶり in situations where the interval of time is not significant, such as with minutes, seconds, and hours.</p>

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<li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>５１分（ごじゅういっぷん）<span data-gp-id='318'>ぶりに</span>家（いえ）に帰（かえ）る。</div>

<div class='writeup-example--english'>I will go home for the first time in 51 minutes. (Unnatural Japanese)</div></li></ul></section>

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<p>I don’t understand why <i>buri</i> is attached to this noun with <i>no</i>.<br>
It doesn’t seem to me like they are doing anything with each other. I mean, in the English translation, they’re not even in the same clause. I apologize for my confusion.</p>

Aythreuk

運命は自分で決める

<p>It’s more like “It’s the first nice weather in ten days, and…” but that sounds awkward in English.</p>
<p>I think に could also be used here and that would make it closer to the English translation, but with の it’s very natural in Japanese and trying to keep the same grammatical structure in Japanese and English seems like a fool’s errand anyway…</p>

振(ぶ)りにFor the first time in, Haven't done for some time

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