"Hey Bro!" how to call out friends


There is a variety of words such as ”友” ”相棒” ”仲間”, etc. to describe a person
as a friend or partner.

Is there a casual way to call out your friend in Japanese, _instead_ of having
to call his/her name everytime? Ex. English : Man, Guys, Bro, etc.

Mostly, I have only heard one being called by nickname.




Although 相棒 is not bad a translation for "bro" IMO, we usually don't need
those friendship "pronouns" because the greeting words in Japanese are diverse
enough to distinguish those nuances alone, unlike English basically has only
"hi" and "hey".

For example (translation is not decisive, requesting improvements _seriously_
):

  * やあ: "Hi!", "Hi ya!"
  * よう: "Hey bro!", "Wassup!"
  * よっ: "Hey dude!", "Hey man!"
  * おう: "A-yo!", "Hey!"
  * おっす: (most "jock" style) "Yo!", "Howdy!", "'Sup?"
  * おい: "Hey you!", "Yo!"
  * おーい: "Hey over here!", "Ahoy there!"
  * どうも: "Hello!", "Hi there!"
  * やあやあ: "What ho!"




Although 相棒 is not bad a translation for "bro" IMO, we usually don't need
those friendship "pronouns" because the greeting words in Japanese are diverse
enough to distinguish those nuances alone, unlike English basically has only
"hi" and "hey".

For example (translation is not decisive, requesting improvements _seriously_
):

  * やあ: "Hi!", "Hi ya!"
  * よう: "Hey bro!", "Wassup!"
  * よっ: "Hey dude!", "Hey man!"
  * おう: "A-yo!", "Hey!"
  * おっす: (most "jock" style) "Yo!", "Howdy!", "'Sup?"
  * おい: "Hey you!", "Yo!"
  * おーい: "Hey over here!", "Ahoy there!"
  * どうも: "Hello!", "Hi there!"
  * やあやあ: "What ho!"

