Re: [Lingo] isashiburi

[steven smith <sjs@example.com>]

Godwin Stewart wrote:
> <n.kobschaetzki@example.com> wrote:
>> On Aug 1, 2007, at 3:24 PM, <burlingk@example.com> wrote:
>>> Is there a literal translation of isashiburi?
>>> I have heard it used often in anime's and it seems to
>>> translate roughly to, "It's been a while," or "Long time
>>> no see."
>> I guess you mean "hisashiburi" (久しぶり) and your translation are  
>> right.
> 
> http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1Q%B5%D7%A4%B7%A4%D6%A4%EA_0
> 
Is 久しぶり interchangable with しばらく?
Steve S.