Read each pattern and its example, then write your own sentence on the line.
〜ぶりに 時間を表す N + ぶりに/ぶりの + N(例:十年ぶりに)
"After an interval of X." States how long it has been since something last happened. Neutral and very common in conversation and news.
十年ぶりに故郷の町を訪ねた。 I visited my hometown for the first time in ten years.
〜ぐるみ N + ぐるみ(家族・町・会社 など。「〜ぐるみで」の形が多い)
A suffix meaning "the whole of, involving everyone in" — 家族ぐるみ, 町ぐるみ, 会社ぐるみ. Neutral, though 組織ぐるみ usually implies collective wrongdoing.
あの家とは家族ぐるみで付き合っている。 Our families socialize with one another.
〜びる / 〜じみる N + びる / N + じみる; attributive: N + びた / N + じみた + N
Attaches to a noun to say something takes on the air or appearance of it. 〜びる is fairly neutral (大人びる); 〜じみる is usually negative (子供じみる, 芝居じみる). Mostly written/formal.
彼女は年齢のわりに大人びた話し方をする。 She speaks in a way that sounds more grown-up than her age.
〜ながらの N / V-masu + ながらの + N (昔・生まれ・いつも など限られた語)
Means 'in the same state as X, unchanged', used to modify a noun. Attaches to a limited set of words (昔, 生まれ, いつも, 涙). Formal and somewhat literary.
この町には昔ながらの商店街が残っている。 This town still has a shopping street just as it was in the old days.
〜とは Plain form / N + とは (+驚きだ・思わなかった 等、または言い切り)
Marks the preceding fact as surprising or hard to believe. Often followed by 驚きだ/情けない, or left unfinished for effect. Emphatic, written or careful spoken style.
こんな短期間で完成するとは驚きだ。 It's astonishing that it was finished in such a short time.
〜というものはない N + というものはない
States flatly that the thing named does not exist anywhere. Used for sweeping general truths; formal, common in essays and lectures.
絶対に安全な乗り物というものはない。 There is no such thing as a completely safe vehicle.