A katakana word for a group of friends, often with a casual, playful, pop-culture, or name-like feel. For ordinary everyday speech, 友達 is usually the more natural Japanese word.
Friends, thank you all for coming today.
I became friends with everyone in my class.
The fans call each other friends.
counter for people
Written in katakana. No explicit language-of-origin information is specified. The form corresponds in meaning and style to the English word “friends.”