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Consider this sentence:

> さっきなぜかマイクが **入らなかった** 。

This is translated as:

"For some reason the microphone didn't work earlier."

When I looked up the [definition](http://jisho.org/search/%E5%85%A5%E3%82%8B)
of 入る

  1. to enter; to go into
  2. to break into
  3. to join; to enrol
  4. to contain; to accomodate
  5. to have (an income of)
  6. to get; to receive; to score

Non of the definitions listed indicates "not working". Perhaps the closest one
would be 2. but it seems to indicate breaking into a place.

Can someone explain how 入る works in this sentence?

Shouldn't 壊れる be used to indicate it's not working and how would it be
different from 入る?
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What definition does 入る take in this sentence?
In this sentence, 入る means 'to pick up'. The microphone didn't pick up your
voice somehow. Your voice did not go into the microphone. It does not
necessarily mean that the microphone is broken.

EDIT: so this is confusing I know, but yes つける means to turn on. It really
depends on objects. If you want to turn TV on, its テレビをつける。 but if you say
マイクをつける, that means to attach a microphone on your clothes. つける is used for
light, like TV or lamps, where 入れる is used for things like microphone, AC,
etc.
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「入{はい}る」 means " _ **to be turned on**_ " when talking about electric devices.

Likewise, 「入{い}れる」 means " _ **to turn on**_ ".

> "The microphone didn't get turned on for some reason a while ago." or
>
> "I couldn't turn on the microphone for some reason a while ago."

As far as pure grammar, the original sentence means the first of the two
translations above. 「マイク」is the subject of the original sentence.
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