Translation guide
How to express that data, files, or systems become damaged, unreadable, or morally tainted in Japanese.
ファイルが壊れています。
The file is corrupted.
The learner wants to say that a computer file, data, or storage medium has become damaged and cannot be used or read properly.
General word for something breaking or becoming damaged. For data/files, it means they become corrupted and unusable.
ファイルが壊れて開けません。
The file is corrupted and I can't open it.
データが壊れたようです。
It seems the data got corrupted.
More formal/technical term for damage or corruption, often used for data, files, or hardware.
ハードディスクが破損してデータが読み取れません。
The hard disk is corrupted and the data cannot be read.
Colloquial expression meaning data is lost or disappears, often due to corruption or accidental deletion.
保存中にデータが飛んじゃった。
The data got corrupted while saving.
The learner wants to describe a person, organization, or system that has become morally corrupt, dishonest, or perverted.
To become corrupt, depraved, or degenerate morally. Often used for individuals or society.
権力者は堕落しやすい。
People in power are easily corrupted.
彼は都会で堕落した。
He became corrupted in the city.
Literally 'rot/decay', used metaphorically for corruption in politics, organizations, or morals.
政府は腐敗している。
The government is corrupted.
Specifically refers to becoming involved in bribery or graft (corruption in public office).
彼は汚職に染まった政治家だ。
He is a politician corrupted by graft.
The learner wants to say that a text, manuscript, or language has been changed or distorted from its original form, often in a negative sense.
To be altered or modified, often implying unauthorized or undesirable changes to a text or data.
原文が改変されて意味が変わった。
The original text was corrupted and the meaning changed.
To be distorted or twisted, often used for facts, truth, or texts being deliberately misrepresented.
事実が歪曲されて伝えられた。
The facts were corrupted in the telling.
壊れる is the everyday word for something breaking, including data corruption. 破損する is more formal and often used in technical contexts or official error messages.
USBメモリが壊れた。
The USB stick got corrupted.
データ破損のため、読み込めません。
Cannot load due to data corruption.
While 腐敗する can mean 'corrupt' in a moral sense, it is not used for data or files. Using it for computer corruption would sound like the data is rotting physically, which is unnatural.
ダウンロードが壊れていました。
The download was corrupted.
権力は腐敗しがちだ。
Power tends to corrupt.