押おし売うり

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

押し売りする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	押おし売うりする	押おし売うりしない
Polite	押おし売うりします	押おし売うりしません
Past polite	押おし売うりしました	押おし売うりしませんでした
Past	押おし売うりした	押おし売うりしなかった
Te-form	押おし売うりして	押おし売うりしないで
Desire	押おし売うりしたい	押おし売うりしたくない
Potential	押おし売うりできる	押おし売うりできない
Passive	押おし売うりされる	押おし売うりされない
Causative	押おし売うりさせる	押おし売うりさせない
Causative passive	押おし売うりさせられる	押おし売うりさせられない
Volitional	押おし売うりしよう
Polite volitional	押おし売うりしましょう
Imperative	押おし売うりしろ	押おし売うりするな
Conditional	押おし売うりすれば	押おし売うりしなければ
Tara conditional	押おし売うりしたら	押おし売うりしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; hard sell

Refers to pushy sales tactics where the seller pressures the customer into buying. Can also refer to the person doing the selling.

訪ほう問もん販はん売ばいの押おし売うりに困こまっている。
I'm troubled by aggressive door-to-door salespeople.
彼かれは押おし売うりのような勧かん誘ゆうをしてきた。
He made a solicitation that felt like a hard sell.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

forcing something on someone; imposing

Used figuratively when someone pushes an unwanted favor, opinion, or kindness onto another person. Often seen in phrases like 親切の押し売り.

それは親しん切せつの押おし売うりだよ。
That's just forcing your kindness on me.
自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを押おし売うりするのはやめてください。
Please stop imposing your opinions on others.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に〈物もの〉を押おし売うりするto force-sell something to someone
その業ぎょう者しゃは高こう齢れい者しゃに高こう価かな布ふ団とんを押おし売うりした。
The dealer pressured the elderly person into buying an expensive futon.
親しん切せつの押おし売うりforcing unwanted kindness on someone
彼かれのアドバイスはありがた迷めい惑わくで、親しん切せつの押おし売うりだと感かんじた。
His advice felt like an unwanted kindness being forced on me.
押おし売うりを断ことわるto refuse a hard sell
彼かの女じょは玄げん関かん先さきで押おし売うりをきっぱり断ことわった。
She flatly refused the door-to-door hard sell.

Kanji

押push, stop, check
売sell

Related words

強ごう引いんN2sense 1
強引 is a na-adjective describing pushy or forceful behavior in general, while 押し売り specifically names the act (or person) of aggressively selling something.
無む理り強じい sense 2
無理強い means forcing someone to do something against their will in general, while 押し売り is specifically about pushing a sale or an unwanted favor.
セールス sense 1
セールス is a neutral word for sales or salesmanship, whereas 押し売り implies unwanted, high-pressure tactics.
強きょう要ようN1sense 2
強要 is a formal, often legal term for coercing someone into an act, while 押し売り is a more everyday word for imposing goods, favors, or opinions.

Don't confuse with

押おし付つけ
押し売り means high-pressure or forced selling of goods, a narrower commercial sense, while 押し付け is the general act of forcing anything (opinions, tasks, rules) on someone.

Built from

押おす+売うる

Written forms

押おし売うりUsage86%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
押おし売うりUsage7%
Variant spelling without okurigana; less common but still encountered.
押おし売うりUsage7%
Abbreviated kanji form; rarely used in modern writing.

Etymology

Compound of 押し (pushing) and 売り (selling). The figurative sense extends the idea of pushing goods onto a customer to pushing any unwanted thing onto another person.