Word Meaning 年ぶり

ねんぶり nemburi

年ぶり is read as ねんぶり (nemburi) and means after an interval of ... years.

Meaning

English

  1. after an interval of ... years
  2. for the first time in ... years

Reading

Kana

ねんぶり

Romaji

nemburi

Writing Variants

  • 年振り ねんぶり nemburi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 94820 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

年寄り

としより

important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

年盛り

としざかり

prime of life

年回り

としまわり

age relationship

年中

ねんじゅう

during an era

年々

としどし

year by year

年月

としつき

months and years

とし

year

年間

ねんかん

(period of) a year

年上

としうえ

older

年下

としした

younger

年月日

ねんがっぴ

date

年長

ねんちょう

senior

Example Sentences

10

I saw him after ten years.

This is the hottest summer we have had in fifty years.

I left Japan for the first time in ten years.

Peace has returned after three years of war.

I returned to my hometown after five years' absence.

After an absence of seven years, I went home.

This is the hottest summer we've had in thirty years.

I saw Yoshida for the first time in five years.

He returned home for the first time in ten years.

I saw a movie for the first time in two years.