No. 955 in Japanese
久しぶり
"久しぶり" means "long time no see" or "after a long time."
In a sentence
久しぶりに友達に会いました。
I met a friend after a long time.
In this case, '久しぶり' expresses the idea of doing something (meeting a friend) after not having done it for a considerable duration.
久しぶりですね！
It's been a while, hasn't it!
Here, '久しぶり' is used as a standalone exclamation to greet someone the speaker hasn't seen for some time.
この映画を見るのは久しぶりだ。
It's been a long time since I last watched this movie.
'久しぶり' in this sentence conveys that much time has passed since the last occurrence of the action (watching this movie).
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