Torima

Torima is a Japanese slang abbreviation of "toriaezu, maa" (roughly, "for now"), used as a casual opener before suggesting an immediate action while setting the details aside.

It works much like "toriaezu" and sits at the beginning of a sentence, as in "torima nomou" (let's just grab drinks for now) or "torima shuugou de" (let's just meet up for now). The expression is limited to casual conversations and social media, and is not suited for formal settings or when speaking to superiors. It originated as gal slang but has since spread among young people in general.

The closest English equivalent is "anyway/for now"; not strictly necessary for the sentence to make sense, but adding it gives the conversation a more casual, laid-back feel.

Torima emerged in the 2000s as gal slang (gyaru-go). It combines "tori" from "toriaezu" (for now) with "ma" from "maa" (well), two words that Japanese speakers often string together in casual conversation. It started as spoken slang among gals but spread to a wider youth audience through mobile email and early social media platforms like mixi.

In 2011, it was ranked 4th in the Teen Girls' Mobile Slang Awards (Joshi Chukousei Keitai Ryuukougo Taishou), hosted by PeeNest. That year's gold went to "riajuu," silver to "tehepero," and bronze to "agepoyo," placing torima among the most widely recognized youth slang of the era.