～ぶり – …-like / …-ish; after (a long time)

Form	Structure	General meaning	Notes
Describes manner/appearance	N + ぶり	“manner …”, “appearance …”, “style …”	Very common: 仕事ぶり, 話しぶり, 働きぶり
Time interval	Time + ぶり（に）	“after … (finally) …”, “the first time in …”	に is not required when used as a predicate: ～ぶりだ／～ぶりのN
Variant with verbs	Vます + っぷり	“manner of … (doing)”, “degree …”	In practice, after verbs ～っぷり is more natural than ～ぶり
Nominalization	（その）N + ぶり	Nominalizes a quality; can add の to modify a noun	例: 彼の仕事ぶりの評価

Conveys the meaning of “manner/style/appearance” when attached to nouns denoting actions: 話しぶり（way of speaking）、働きぶり（way of working）. Often implies an evaluation.
Expresses “elapsed time” when attached to a time point: 十年ぶりに（for the first time in ten years …）、三日ぶりの雨（the first rain in three days).
With verbs, the more natural pattern is Vます + っぷり: 食べっぷり（the way of eating）, 飲みっぷり（the way of drinking）. The ～ぶり form after Vます exists but is limited and sounds old-fashioned/less natural.
Nuance: generally descriptive/objective but often accompanied by the speaker’s impression/judgment (good/bad).

彼の仕事ぶりには誰もが感心した。
Everyone was impressed by his way of working.
彼女の話しぶりは落ち着いていて、説得力がある。
Her way of speaking is calm and persuasive.
今日は一週間ぶりに晴れた。
Today it was sunny again for the first time in a week.
十年ぶりの再会に、思わず涙がこぼれた。
At our first reunion in ten years, I couldn't help but shed tears.
彼の飲みっぷりを見て、相当疲れていると感じた。
Seeing the way he was drinking, I felt he must be really tired.

N + ぶり emphasizes “manner/appearance” and implies evaluation (can praise or criticize).
Time + ぶり（に）: used to say “for the first time in …”; can appear before a noun (～ぶりのN) or as a predicate (～ぶりだ).
Vます + っぷり is the natural choice when attaching to verbs to express “the way of …”.
In formal writing, ～ぶり in the sense of “manner/style” is suitable in reports/evaluations: 仕事ぶりの改善, 指導ぶり, 経営ぶり.

Pattern	Meaning	Main differences	Short example
N + ぶり	Manner/appearance	Attaches to action nouns; more formal than っぷり	彼の仕事ぶり
Vます + っぷり	Manner/degree of doing V	Natural with verbs	食べっぷりがいい
Time + ぶり（に）	Not until after …	Refers to a gap in time	三年ぶりに帰国した
～方／～よう	General way/method	Does not carry the evaluative nuance of ～ぶり	話し方／話しよう

“～ぶり” originally comes from 振り (to swing/brandish), which shifted in meaning to “look, manner, way”.
In news headlines: ～ぶり often highlights a strong impression: 迫力の演技ぶり（a powerful performance）.
Time + ぶり can pair with imprecise quantities: 久しぶり（it's been a while）, しばらくぶり（after a while）.

Confusing Vます + ぶり with っぷり: with verbs, use っぷり to sound more natural.
Forgetting に when used as a temporal adverbial: 十年ぶり会った（incorrect）→ 十年ぶりに会った（correct）.
Thinking ～ぶり only has a time meaning: in fact it also means “manner/appearance”.
Using ～ぶり too subjectively to judge people in formal contexts can be impolite; use neutral phrasing instead: 仕事ぶりを評価する.