Japan合コン (gōkon)
noun · Colloquial · GOH-kon
A group blind date: a few friends of one gender meet the same number of another at a restaurant, arranged by one person from each side.
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Japanese Slang for Going Out & Partying
5 Japanese slang terms for going out & partying, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Nights out, drinking, dancing and the aftermath. A category where slang renews itself every few years as each generation renames the same activities.
二次会 (nijikai)
noun · Colloquial · nee-jee-KAI
The second venue of the night, moved to as a group when the first party ends. Karaoke, a bar, a smaller restaurant.
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飲み放題 (nomihōdai)
noun · Colloquial · noh-mee-HOH-dai
All you can drink, for a fixed price and — always — a fixed time, usually ninety or a hundred and twenty minutes with a last-order warning.
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飲み会 (nomikai)
noun · Colloquial · noh-mee-KAI
A drinking party: a booked table, a set course, a fixed start time and, in a work context, an attendance list.
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割り勘 (warikan)
noun · Colloquial · wa-ree-KAN
Splitting the bill evenly — total divided by heads, not by what each person ate. The default among friends and colleagues of similar rank.