押し売り[おしうり] (oshiuri)

high-pressure sales

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押し売り (おしうり, oshiuri) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “high-pressure sales”.

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Example sentences 5

押しおしうりはお ことわりです

We do not accept high-pressure sales.

入港場の制限に伴い、取引相手が付かず長期滞在し、民家に散入し押し売りを働く興利倭が出現する。

As the ports were restricted, some Koriwa could not find anyone to deal with and stayed in Korea for a long time, and entered private houses and forced the residents to buy their commodities.

とはいえ政情の不安もあり、暮らし向きはそれほど楽でなかったようで、文正元年(1466年)には相国寺の蔭涼軒を訪ね、押し売り同然に小歌・小舞を披露したことが記録に残っている。

However, Onami seemed to worry about the political situation, and his life style was not easy, for it was stated in the records that he visited the Inryoken Household of Sokoku-ji Temple in 1466 and forcefully performed a short song accompanied with shamisen and komai (short dances in Noh farce).

押し売り等からの呼び出しに応じて通話を開始した後に、通話を早めに終了させたい気持ちがありながら、通話を終了することを切り出すタイミングを見つけ難い場合でも、通話を早めに終了させることができるインターホンシステムを提供することを目的とする。

To provide an intercom system that allows a user to terminate an interphone call early after the call is started according to calling from a coercive sales person etc., even if it is hard for the user to find a timing to end the call while he/she feels that he/she wants to end the call early.