問答

もんどう

questions and answers, dialogue

問答法

もんどうほう

dialectic, dialectics

筆問筆答

ひつもんひっとう

question and answer in writing, written reply to a written question

自問自答

じもんじとう

answering one's own question, wondering to oneself, soliloquizing, soliloquising

問答無用

もんどうむよう

there being no use in arguing (about it)

一問一答

いちもんいっとう

answering question by question

押し問答

おしもんどう

dispute, heated questioning and answering

蒟蒻問答

こんにゃくもんどう

an irrelevant and incoherent dialogue, dialogue at cross purposes, an off-the-beam response

公会問答

こうかいもんどう

catechism

愚問愚答

ぐもんぐとう

silly questions and silly answers, a silly dialogue

想定問答

そうていもんどう

anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam)

問答無益

もんどうむえき

there being no use in arguing (about it), being stone-deaf to someone's appeals

口答試問

こうとうしもん

oral examination, interview

想定問答集

そうていもんどうしゅう

anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam); collection of hypothetical questions and answers

禅

ぜん

Zen (Buddhism)

答え難い質問

こたえにくいしつもん こたえがたいしつもん

awkward (difficult) question

質問に答える

しつもんにこたえる

to answer a question

禅林

ぜんりん

Zen temple

禅譲

ぜんじょう

(historical, in China) abdication by an emperor in favor (favour) of a more virtuous successor