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This is a variant of the top definition question @ Area51:
<http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7526/japanese-language-
usage/7529#7529>

When to use 「とにかく」 and when to use 「とりあえず」? I have heard both adverbs used in
similar sentences so I'm wondering whether they can be used interchangeably.
Or is there a difference in nuance between the two?:

> とにかく、行きましょう。
>
> とりあえず、行きましょう。
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word-choice adverbs
When to use 「とにかく」 and when to use 「とりあえず」?
**とにかく** is usually translated 'anyway', and just like 'anyway' in English,
it's used to change the subject of the conversation.

**とりあえず** has a more specific meaning. It's often translated as 'for the time
being', which is quite an accurate (if cumbersome) translation, since it's
used only in cases where you want to tell the listener that you want to leave
the issue at hand to later and move to something else.

For instance, if you were talking with your friend about a letter you have to
take to the post office, but then he told you that the post office is closed
now, you can tell him "とりあえず、帰りましょう", meaning "Ok, we can't do anything with
that for now, so let's leave it for later. For the time being, let's go home."

Also, many cases where とりあえず is being used cannot be counted as 'change of
subject' at all, and there difference from とにかく is even more striking.

For instance, I guess you could say:

> とりあえず、前の宛先に送ってもいいです

meaning: "For the time being (until I get a new mail address), you can send
stuff to my old mail address)."
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とりあえず _toriaezu_ is used to say that you will do something in the meantime.
とりあえず、行きましょう means that while you are going you are still not completely
decided that it was a good idea to go, given that you still not have enough
information maybe.

If you want to say something else instead of saying とりあえず, I think you can
also try saying 一応 _ichiou_ which has more or less the same meaning.

You use とにかく _tonikaku_ just like _anyway_ or _in any case_ in English.

_In any case, let's go_ :

  * とにかく、行きましょう。 

_For the time being, let's go_ :

  * とりあえず、行きましょう。 
  * 一応、行きましょう。
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