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advice

recommendation

invitation

(encouragement of) industry

encouragement

temple solicitation book

adviser

religious-fund soliciting

backer

fair

encouragement of learning

letter of advice

recommendation

Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB) (now merged into Mizuho Bank) (abbr)

encouragement of industry

to urge strongly

Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (now merged into Mizuho Bank)

urging

to persuade

encouragement of agriculture

praise and encouragement

canvasser

hypothecary bank

fund-raising tournaments (during the Edo period)

evacuation advisory

insurance salesman (saleswoman)

call to surrender

praying for the coming of a deity

rewarding good deeds

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

door-to-door solicitor

recommendation

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

unsolicited promotion

telemarketing sales

to press alcohol on someone

industrial fair

travel advisory

rewarding good and punishing evil

retirement at the suggestion of one's employer

encouragement to retire early

(Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction

rewarding good and punishing evil

morality play

temple solicitation

to recommend (someone to do)