How to say "get-together" in Japanese

• 飲み会のみかいCommon
  nounCovers get-togethers centered on drinking, usually involving alcohol; the natural choice for an after-work party with colleagues or a similar casual gathering over drinks.
  マックで軽かるく昼食ちゅうしょくをとって、スタバでコーヒーを飲のんで、しゃぶしゃぶをしながら飲み会のみかいという流ながれだ。↗

  A light lunch at MacD's, coffee at Starbucks, then a few drinks with shabu-shabu - that's the way it went.
• 茶会ちゃかいCommon
  nounReally means a tea party: a gathering held for drinking tea, often fairly formal. Only fits 'get-together' when tea is actually the point; seldom the word for an ordinary casual gathering.
• 集いつどいCommon
  nounA get-together among friends, or a gathering of people with a shared bond; it also covers the sense 'meeting'. The nuance is of people coming together, and it does not imply drinking.
• コンパCommon
  nounA colloquial word for a party, social event or mixer, especially one held among students; it suggests a casual social occasion where the point is mingling.
  「ええと、その合コンごうこんというのはつまり・・・」「普通ふつうのコンパだよ」↗

  "Er, that 'mixer party' thing is then ..." "Just a normal get together."

Choose 「飲み会」 when drinks are involved, 「コンパ」 for a casual party or mixer, 「集い」 for a friendly gathering, and 茶会 only when the occasion is actually a tea party.

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• 飲み会のみかいdrinking party
• 茶会ちゃかいtea party
• 集いつどいmeeting
• コンパparty
• 懇親会こんしんかいsocial gathering
• 懇談会こんだんかいinformal meeting
• 親睦会しんぼくかいinformal social gathering