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Context: (think you can skip to 0:28 and still get the full context)  
<https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/gk6iha/it_can_fall_off_clannad/>

What's the usage of「とりあえず」in this context? The subtitles translate it as "I
guess", but I'm not sure how that fits in with the usual meaning of "first of
all", "for now", etc.
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とりあえず... Usage in this Context?
とりあえず is used when you do/say something **easily done/said** before getting to
a main difficult part.

  * 仕事の前にとりあえずコーヒーを飲んだ。  
Before my work, I had a cup of coffee _first_.

  * 説明は難しいですが、とりあえず間違っているとは思います。  
It's hard to explain, but I think it's incorrect _anyway_.

  * 何を見るかはともかく、とりあえず映画館に行こう。  
Putting aside what to watch, let's go to the theater _first_.

  * とりあえずでやったことです。  
I did it as _a quick fix_.

  * とりあえず、安心しました。  
_At least,_ (I can say this now,) I'm relieved.

The use of とりあえず in your video is tricky and atypical, but it comes off to me
as "it's not a big deal (to me)" or "I experience this very commonly", as if
"its falling" were something he(?) experiences thinking とりあえず. It explains the
following exchange, too:

> 岡崎さんはその、たまに取れるんですか！？  
>  So it... falls every now and then?
>
> と、とりあえず。
>
> とりあえずって！？ そんな簡単に取れてしまうものなんですか！？  
>  "Toriaezu", you say?! _It_ falls off **that easily**?!

"I guess" is certainly not a dictionary translation, but I cannot think of a
better translation...
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