お久しぶりです

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
久
ひさ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
お久し振りです (rare)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おひさしぶりです [òhísáshíbúrí déꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [7])
  • IPA(key): [o̞çi̥sa̠ɕibɯ̟ɾʲi de̞sɨ̥]

Interjection

お久(ひさ)しぶりです • (o-hisashiburi desu) 

  1. long time no see; it's been a while
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