politeLesson 3

Reporting a Production Issue — Senior colleague

Situation

Where
The team incident channel
Who
You and the senior colleague
Goal
To report that an error is happening in production and coordinate a fix.

Conversation

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A

An error is occurring in production. Please check it urgently.

B

Understood. I'll check the logs. Do we know the scope of impact?

A

Some users are unable to log in.

B

Then I'll investigate the cause first. Let's aim to recover by end of today.

A

Thank you. I'll share the status as it develops.

Vocabulary (10)

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production environment

Opposite of 開発環境 (development) and 検証環境 (staging).

hassei

occurrence

エラーが発生する = "an error occurs."

shikyuu

urgently

Signals high priority; stronger than 早めに.

rogu

log(s)

ログを確認する = to check the logs.

eikyouhan'i

scope of impact

How many users/systems are affected.

gen'in

cause

原因を調査する = to investigate the cause.

fukkyuu

recovery / restoration

Bringing the service back to normal.

zuiji

as needed / at any time

随時共有します = "I'll share updates as they come."

otsukaresamadesu

thank you for your work

The all-purpose workplace greeting, used like hello and goodbye between coworkers.

yoroshikuonegaishimasu

thank you in advance

Closes most requests and emails; sets a cooperative tone.

Grammar

Verb te-form + います

Describes an ongoing state: 発生しています = "is occurring."

Noun + を目指す

To aim for a target: 復旧を目指す = "to aim for recovery."

Verb potential negative

ログインできない = "cannot log in."

Cultural Notes

Workplace etiquette

During incidents, blame is avoided and facts are prioritized. Lead with the symptom and impact, not who caused it.

Formality level

Polite and urgent. 至急 is acceptable here because it genuinely is urgent — don't overuse it.

Common mistake

State impact concretely ("some users can't log in") rather than vaguely ("something is broken").

Quiz

What does "本番環境" mean?

What does "発生" mean?

What does "至急" mean?

What does "ログ" mean?

What does "影響範囲" mean?

What does "原因" mean?

How is the pattern "〜ています (state)" used?

How is the pattern "〜を目指す" used?

How is the pattern "〜できない" used?

What is the goal of this conversation?

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