ぶりに - Grammar Discussion

for the first time in
haven’t done for some time

Structure

  • Noun + ぶりに
  • Noun + ぶり
  • ぶりの + Noun

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I don’t understand why buri is attached to this noun with no.
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.

It’s more like “It’s the first nice weather in ten days, and…” but that sounds awkward in English.

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…

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