久しぶり

Japanese

Japanese phrasebook

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Kanji in this term
久
ひさ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
久し振り

Etymology

From 久しい (hisashii, “long”, (of time)) +‎ 振り (-buri, “first time after”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひさしぶり [hìsáshíbúrí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ひさしぶり [hìsáshíbúríꜜ] (Odaka – [5])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [çi̥sa̠ɕibɯ̟ɾʲi]

Adjective

久(ひさ)しぶり • (hisashiburi) -na (adnominal 久(ひさ)しぶりな (hisashiburi na), adverbial 久(ひさ)しぶりに (hisashiburi ni))

after a long time of absence
久(ひさ)しぶりな雨(あめ)
hisashiburi na ame
rain after a long absence

Interjection

久(ひさ)しぶり • (hisashiburi)

long time no see; it's been a while
- 2002 January 17, Yukiru Sugisaki, “STAGE(ステージ)２(に)　Vol.(ボリューム)10(じゅう)”, in [D](ディー)・[N](エヌ)・[ANGEL](エンジェル)・ [D.N.Angel], volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, →ISBN, page 33:
  
  …久(ひさ)しぶりですね　ダーク
  …Hisashiburi desu ne Dāku
  …Long time no see, Dark
  なじみヅラしてんじゃね——よ　クラッド
  Najimi zura shiten ja ne—— yo Kuraddo
  Quit acting friendly, Krad

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN