companion, friend
朋 centers on a close personal bond: a companion or friend, someone who stands beside you.
朋 is traditionally explained as two 月 (moon) components side by side, suggesting two people walking together as companions.
Two moons 月月 side by side, like two friends walking together under the same sky.
For ホウ, imagine two friends holding hands and shouting 'Ho! U!' together: Ho-U -> ホウ, a companion's cheer.
friend; companion
companions; fellows
Toho Gakuen School of Music
friend
Doho University
faction; clique
friend; companion
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
Toho Gakuen Graduate School
Tōhō Gakuen College of Drama and Music
intimate friends and acquaintances