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I'm pretty sure 集{あつ}まろう (atsumarou) technically means "Let's get together" or
"Let's gather together" i.e. as a group, but I'm not sure if this would be a
commonly used phrase in real-world Japanese. Are there any particular contexts
in which this would make more sense or be more common?
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Is 集まろう！ a common way to say "Let's get together?"
It seems to me that in real-world Japanese, 集まろう is a very popular and
commonly used phrase in a group of people, in the context such as いつもの飲み屋に集まろう
or あの公園に集まろう or 名古屋で集まろう or ホテルで集まろう. In other words, 集まろう is usually preceded
by the phrase (場所)に or (場所)で in daily conversation. Therefore the phrase 集まろう
without the reference to the gathering place is used in very restricted
situations, e.g. in advertisement, or chorus of shouts (you put ! after 集まろう),
in an office setting to a group of people, with the mutual knowledge of the
gathering place, talking about an after work get together. Last of all, I have
to make one additional but important remark about this expression, 集まろう is an
expression almost for males, and more polite form of 集まりましょう is preferred
especially by females.
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集まろう does mean "Let's get together". But in the context you posted ("after
work get-together"), I more commonly hear "集合しよう". Also, I think it's more
common to actually indicate what will be done (i.e. "飲みに行こう", "ご飯行こう", "遊ぼう").
"集合しよう" would be used when indicating a specific time, date, or place.
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