Japanese phrase
___が発生しました。 ___ ga has sei shi ma shi ta
Meaning
A ___ occurred.
When to use it
Reports that an incident or problem has occurred. This formal phrase is common in business settings and focuses on the event rather than who caused it.
Example dialogue
先ほど、システム障害が発生しました。 saki ho do shi su te mu shō gai ga has sei shi ma shi ta
A system outage occurred a short while ago.
わかりました。確認します。 wa ka ri ma shi ta kaku nin shi ma su
Understood. I will check.