Meanings

temple solicitation book

invitation

to recommend (someone to do)

industrial fair

(Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction

to persuade

hypothecary bank

to press alcohol on someone

to urge strongly

insurance salesman (saleswoman)

fund-raising tournaments (during the Edo period)

praying for the coming of a deity

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

door-to-door solicitor

unsolicited promotion

retirement at the suggestion of one's employer

advertising fraudulent investment schemes with glossy brochures, phone calls, etc.

travel advisory

evacuation advisory

encouragement to retire early