How would say something like "I hate to break it to you, but..." in Japanese?


"I hate to break it to you, but..." or "Sorry, but..." For example: "Sorry,
but I don't like cake" or "I hate to break it to you, but I didn't like your
performance". What popped into my head was to say "ごめんけど", but I've never
heard anyone say that and thus I'm sure it's 100% wrong. I'm curious as to how
to say something like this, even if I'll never use it, but I haven't been able
to find anything substantial online yet. An example sentence would be helpful
too.




You can say:

  * 悪いけど / 悪いですが
  * 申し訳ないけど / 申し訳ありませんが
  * 残念だけど / 残念ではありますが
  * 言いたくないけど / 申し上げづらいのですが

ごめんけど is ungrammatical because けど needs the dictionary form of a
verb/adjective/copula. But you can say "ごめん、けど、…" as if were two sentences.




You can say:

  * 悪いけど / 悪いですが
  * 申し訳ないけど / 申し訳ありませんが
  * 残念だけど / 残念ではありますが
  * 言いたくないけど / 申し上げづらいのですが

ごめんけど is ungrammatical because けど needs the dictionary form of a
verb/adjective/copula. But you can say "ごめん、けど、…" as if were two sentences.

