This sign is at my apartment next to the button to ring the bell.勧誘（かんゆう）- 'kanyuu' is a word for the most annoying act of 'solicitation'. It can also mean 'persuasion, canvassing, and encouragement' for use in selling or promoting products.
セールス- In katakana 'se-rusu' is 'sales'
お断りします（おことわりします）- 'okotowarishimasu' is ' refusal, decline, reject, make cry' or in other words 'say no!'
Translation: "Will refuse sales solicitation" and you better believe it too! Although, it doesn't stop them from trying and unfortunately Japan doesn't have the girl scouts' and no girl scout cookies which would be the only thing I would buy from my door step.
A better deterrent to stopping solicitation might be a sign that reads, '勧誘しないで下さい' which translates as 'Please do not solicit' much like the classic English sign 'No soliciting!'
まあ、何でも。
ジョシュア
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