何なん年ねんぶりか

expression

for the first time in years

Expresses that something is happening after a gap of several years. Often used with a sense of surprise or nostalgia.

• 何なん年ねんぶりかに故こ郷きょうへ帰かえった。

  I returned to my hometown for the first time in years.

• 何なん年ねんぶりかで雪ゆきが積つもった。

  Snow accumulated for the first time in years.