Technical problems
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Vocabulário
- 故障（こしょう）breakdown, malfunction
- エラーerror
- 再起動（さいきどう）reboot, restart
- 更新（こうしん）update
- 設定（せってい）settings, configuration
- 接続（せつぞく）connection
- 不具合（ふぐあい）bug, defect
- 修理（しゅうり）repair
- サポートsupport
- 復旧（ふっきゅう）recovery, restoration
Describing Problems and Asking for Help
When something goes wrong with technology, you need to describe the issue and ask someone to help fix it. This lesson covers three essential grammar patterns for these situations.
～みたいです (It seems like...)
This casual pattern expresses your impression or guess based on what you observe. It attaches directly to plain forms.
パソコンが故障（こしょう）したみたいです。 — It seems like the computer broke down.
～ようです (It appears that...)
Similar to みたいです but slightly more formal and often used in writing or polite speech. It also follows plain forms.
接続（せつぞく）が切（き）れたようです。 — It appears the connection was lost.
～てもらう (To have someone do something for you)
This pattern expresses receiving a favor or service from someone. Use てもらえますか for polite requests.
エンジニアに修理（しゅうり）してもらいました。 — I had the engineer repair it. 設定（せってい）を確認（かくにん）してもらえますか？ — Could you check the settings for me?
These three patterns let you describe what seems to be wrong and ask for assistance politely — essential skills when dealing with technical support in Japanese.
Expressões
- パソコンが動（うご）かなくなりましたMy computer stopped working
- エラーが出（で）ているみたいですIt seems like an error is showing up
- 再起動（さいきどう）してみてくださいPlease try restarting
- 修理（しゅうり）に出（だ）すTo send in for repair
- サポートに問（と）い合（あ）わせるTo contact support
- データを復旧（ふっきゅう）してもらえますかCould you recover the data for me?
Erros frequentes
パソコンが壊れたみたいパソコンが故障（こしょう）したみたいですUse 故障する for mechanical/technical breakdowns (壊れる implies physical destruction), and add です for polite speech
エラーが出るようだエラーが出（で）ているようですUse the ている progressive form to describe an ongoing situation, and です for politeness
友達が直してもらった友達（ともだち）に直（なお）してもらったThe person who does the action takes the particle に, not が — が marks the subject (you), に marks the helper
更新をしなければいけない更新（こうしん）しなければなりませんなりません is the polite form; いけない is casual and inappropriate in formal tech support contexts
接続が遅いようみたいです接続（せつぞく）が遅（おそ）いみたいですDo not combine ようです and みたいです — they are interchangeable patterns, so choose one
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