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tamarimasen cat

■　反対意見を述べる（Strong!)　

I totally diasagree with you.

I don't agree at all. (not as strong as "disagree")

You are completely mistaken.

I disagree entirely.

Under no circumstances could I agree with that.
("under no circumstance" the auxiliary and the subject are inverted.)

What you are sying is just not feasible.

Additional words:
feasible=possible
completely=wholly
uttely - only used in the negative way

tamarimasen cat

■　反対意見を述べる（Softening Neutral!)　

I'm afraid.....

I'm sorry.....

With respect....

I respect your opinion, of course, however.....

tamarimasen cat

■　反対意見を述べる（Neutral!)　

I don't completely agree with you on that.

I really can't agree with you on that.

I can't say that I share your view.

We'll have to agree to differ.

I'm not totallyconvinced by your argument.

I can't accept your point of view.

I can't help feeling that....

I feel I must agree.

I really must take issue with you here.

tamarimasen cat

■　反対意見を述べる（Tactful!)　

I agree up to the point, but...

To a certain extent I agree with you, but...

You have a point there, but...

I take your point, Ms NinjaCat, but have you considered....?

I can see your point of view, but surely...

I have some sympathy with your position, but...

tamarimasen cat

■　賛成を述べる（Strong!)　

I completely agree.

I agree entirely with your point of view.

I'm of exactly the same opinion.

I'm in total agreement.

tamarimasen cat

■　賛成を述べる（Neutral!)　

I agree.

I think we are in agreement on that.

I think you are right.

I think we can accept your position on that.

tamarimasen cat

■　賛成を述べる（Partial!)　

I would tend to agree with you on that.

I agree with you on the whole,but it could be said that....

I agree in principle, but...

By and large I would accept your views, but...
(by and large = to a great extent)

Although I agfee with most of what you've said, I find it difficult to agree with your point about...

tamarimasen cat

■　賛成を述べる（Softening Strong!)　

Frankly...

To be quite frank....

To put it bluntly (directly)...

tamarimasen cat

■意見を述べ始めるとき

I would like to begin by...

I would like to make a few remarks concerning...

I would like to comment on the problem of...

I would like to mention briefly that...

There are three points I'd like to make.

The most important points seem to me to be...

tamarimasen cat

■順を踏まえていうとき

First of all, we must bear in mind....(bear in mind = consider)

At the outset... (outset = beginning)

To begin with...

Firstly..., secondly...., thirdly...., finally....

tamarimasen cat

■新しい意見を述べるとき

I would now like to turn briefly to the problem of...

The next issue I would like to focus on is...

Turning to...

tamarimasen cat

■意見を付け加えるとき

In addition....

I might add taht....

As well as..., there is also...

Not only..., but also ...

Furthermore...

Moreover...

tamarimasen cat

■例を述べるとき

Let me give an example...

To illustrate this point, let us consider...

A case in point is... (a case = an example)

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