What Does とりあえず Mean? (Toriaezu) "For Now" — Not Just for Beer | Easy Japanese Podcast

📘 FREE STUDY GUIDE Furigana, vocabulary, useful expressions & mini quiz: https://ko-fi.com/s/25c17437ee At a Japanese restaurant, someone says 「とりあえずビールをお願いします」. Does that mean they will only order beer? とりあえず (toriaezu) is one of the most common words in everyday Japanese. It's not just for beer — Japanese people use it at work, when studying, when making plans, and much more. In this episode, Maho explains the feeling behind とりあえず: "Not everything is decided yet — but first, I'll do this." 今日は、日本人がよく使う「とりあえず」について、やさしい日本語で話します。 In this episode, Maho talks about: ✅ The basic image of とりあえず: 「まず今はこれをする」 ✅ 「とりあえずやってみよう」 — "Let's just try it" ✅ 「とりあえずこれで大丈夫です」 — "This is fine for now" (not "It's perfect") ✅ 「今日はとりあえず帰りましょう」 — stopping here for today ✅ 「とりあえずLINEしてみよう」 — taking the first step ✅ What 「とりあえずビール」 really means ✅ 一応 vs とりあえず: 「念のため」 or 「まずこれをする」? ✅ When とりあえず can sound a little casual ✅ とりあえず in English: for now, for the time being, first, let's just ✅ Mini quiz + Maho's Note 📝 Japanese subtitles with furigana are on screen, so you can read along while you listen. Japanese closed captions (CC) are also available. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Intro: 「とりあえずビール」 — what does it mean? 1:17 The basic image of とりあえず 1:54 「とりあえずやってみよう」 2:39 「とりあえずこれで大丈夫です」 3:21 「とりあえず帰ります」 4:02 「とりあえず連絡してみる」 4:39 Back to 「とりあえずビール」 5:18 一応 vs とりあえず 6:10 When とりあえず sounds a little casual 6:49 とりあえず in English 7:43 Free study guide 8:07 Mini quiz 9:42 Maho's Note 11:13 Summary & Ending 💬 皆さんは、やることがたくさんある時、最初に何をしますか？「私はまずこれをする」というものがあったら、ぜひコメントで教えてください。 When you have a lot to do, what do you do first? Cleaning, studying, emails, cooking, work…? Tell me in the comments! 🌸 Japanese Flow — Real Japan × Easy Japanese Real Japanese, Japanese culture, and the Japanese way of thinking — things textbooks don't fully explain — in easy Japanese. I'm Maho, an online Japanese teacher from Ehime, now living in Osaka. 📺 Channel:    / @japanesewithmaho   ▶ Previous episode: Episode 19「別に」    • What Does 別に Mean? (Betsu ni) "Not Really"...   ☕ Support Japanese Flow on Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/japaneseflow #LearnJapanese #JapanesePodcast #EasyJapanese