companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
being left out; being ostracized
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
business partner; business associate; fellow trader
gang of hoodlums (hooligans); bad company; companion in gang activities
merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)
mutual admiration; logrolling
being popular among one's companions
group (gang) of naughty (mischievous) boys
companion in one's pleasures; companion in hobby activities