I answered my own question when a friend of mine was helping me study.
Basically, my question was in japanese, can more than one sentence carry the same meaning like in english, and not just using the same verb stems with different forms, i.e. ~て、～たい、～ます、 or ～おう。. Using your earlier example of why it's difficult to learn english:
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Originally Posted by MMM
"Let's meet up." "Let's get together." "Let's catch up." "Let's hang out."
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All those lead to the basic idea of "Let's spend time together." Can the Japanese language do that exact thing? I've already gotten one point of view, not including my own, but I'd like to get another P.O.V., if possible.