YOU SAID:
There were a five friends hanging out
INTO JAPANESE
5人の友人がぶらぶらしていた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Five friends were hanging out.
INTO JAPANESE
5人の友人がぶらぶらしていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Five friends were hanging around.
INTO JAPANESE
5人の友人がぶらぶらしていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Five friends were hanging around.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.