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Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is a really useful one. I have mixed feelings about this.
Our feelings are mixed. What does it mean?
Maybe you've kinda imagine. Well, let's find out in just a minute.
But first, let's do our usual test. What drives you crazy?
OK? Who or who drives you crazy? Your boss? Your colleague?
Some computer program? This project that you're working on?
Some global project that you're working on? It drives you crazy. You tell me.
OK, I hope you had a good example. OK, now we're gonna go on to this phrase.
I have mixed feelings about this. What does it mean?
Well here's what I often hear. OK, so let's imagine that Taro
got promoted. He got his new position. Or he got his new responsibility.
And I say, so, Taro, are you happy about your new position? Are you happy?
And he says, yeah I have ah both happy and unhappy feeling.
Happy and unhappy feel Oh OK,OK. So some parts you're happy about; some parts you're not happy about.
OK, I get it. I get it. Doesn't sound very natural OK.
And you know, this is a useful phrase because there are many things that were not
hundred percent positive about or a hundred percent negative about.
So we have both feelings happy and unhappy.
And that's when we use this phrase. So, are you happy about your new position?
And he says, yeah I have mixed feelings about this.
OK, yeah of course, you know we have mixed feelings about everything.
Yeah, really natural phrase. And I might say so,
So what's good about this? What's bad about this?
OK, so you could use it in a lot of places. Let's look at pronunciation.
I have, it's not mixed but it's I have mixed feelingsabout. I have mixed feelingsabout this.
I have mixed feelingsabout this You try.
I have mixed feelingsabout this.
OK, were you able to get that? Mixed feelings.
So now, tell me, what do you have mixed feelings about?
Happy feelings and not so happy feelings about something.
What do you have mixed feelings about? You tell me in the next lesson cause I wanna know.
OK. Thank you.