磁じ気き不ふ良りょう

noun

magnetic strip malfunction

Technical term used for credit cards, transit cards, and other cards with magnetic stripes when the stripe cannot be read properly.

• 磁じ気き不ふ良りょうでカードが使つかえなかった。

  I couldn't use the card because of a magnetic strip malfunction.

• このカードは磁じ気き不ふ良りょうのため、再さい発はっ行こうが必ひつ要ようです。

  This card needs to be reissued due to a magnetic strip malfunction.