問答

もんどう

questions and answers, dialogue

禅問答

ぜんもんどう

Zen dialogue, Zen questions and answers

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

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

公会

こうかい

public meeting

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

国会答弁

こっかいとうべん

answers in the Diet

公式訪問

こうしきほうもん

official visit

公害問題

こうがいもんだい

pollution problem or issue

為公会

いこうかい

Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)