How do you say "Can I rent an ETC card?" in Japanese?

Name: You Rented a Car in Japan and Drove Into the Purple Lane. The Barrier Isn't Going Up.
Uploaded: 2026-09-02T10:13:12Z
Duration: 17 s
Description: Learn to say ETCカードは借りられますか？ (ītīshī kādo wa kariraremasu ka?) — Can I rent an ETC card?. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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You Rented a Car in Japan and Drove Into the Purple Lane. The Barrier Isn't Going Up.

To say Can I rent an ETC card? in Japanese, say ETCカードは借りられますか？ (ītīshī kādo wa kariraremasu ka?).

Renting a car in Japan? There's a lane at every toll gate that will not open for you, and finding that out at forty kilometres an hour is a bad afternoon.

ETCカードは借りられますか？ ītīshī kādo wa kariraremasu ka? Can I rent an ETC card?

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ETCカードは借りられますか？ ītīshī kādo wa kariraremasu ka? Can I rent an ETC card?
はい、お貸しできます。 hai, o-kashi dekimasu. Yes, we can lend you one.
カードがないときは、一般レーンに入ってください。 kādo ga nai toki wa, ippan rēn ni haitte kudasai. No card? Take the lane marked 一般, not the purple one.

Kanji in this phrase

ETCカードは: イーティーシーカードわ
ETC専用: イーティーシーせんよう
ETCカード: イーティーシーカード
ETC: イーティーシー
一般レーン: いっぱんレーン
カードがないときは: カードがないときわ
借りられますか: かりられますか

Why this phrase

Rental cars come with the ETC reader already fitted, so people assume they're covered. The card is a separate rental, a few hundred yen, and it can run out of stock, and the purple ETC専用 gate won't lift without one. One question at the counter fixes the whole trip.