How do you say "Can I extend?" in Japanese?

Name: The Phone in Your Karaoke Room Rings. Nobody Told You It Was a Countdown.
Uploaded: 2026-08-05T10:02:58Z
Duration: 18 s
Description: Learn to say 延長できますか？ (enchō dekimasu ka?) — Can I extend?. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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The Phone in Your Karaoke Room Rings. Nobody Told You It Was a Countdown.

To say Can I extend? in Japanese, say 延長できますか？ (enchō dekimasu ka?).

The phone on the karaoke room wall rings, a voice says one polite sentence, and you have about ten minutes left.

延長できますか？ enchō dekimasu ka? Can I extend?

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In this video

延長できますか？ enchō dekimasu ka? Can I extend?
すみません、あと一時間、延長できますか？ sumimasen, ato ichijikan, enchō dekimasu ka? Excuse me, can I extend by one more hour?
ネットカフェも、レンタサイクルも、同じです。「延長できますか？」 netto kafe mo, rentasaikuru mo, onaji desu. enchō dekimasu ka? Net cafes, rental bikes, same sentence. 延長できますか？

Kanji in this phrase

延長: えんちょう
延長されますか: えんちょうされますか
お時間: おじかん
一時間: いちじかん
同じ: おなじ

Why this phrase

About five to ten minutes before your slot ends the room phone rings and staff say something like 「まもなくお時間です。延長されますか？」 The answer that buys you another hour is 延長できますか？ The same phrase works at a net cafe or manga kissa and at a rental bike counter, which is why it repays a beginner far beyond the one scene. Do NOT claim it works on coin lockers: those charge automatically at the 24 hour rollover and there is no one to ask. Teach the trigger you will hear, then the one sentence you say back. Keep the transfer list to two extra places, no more, or it stops being one takeaway.