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

問答無用

もんどうむよう

there being no use in arguing (about it)

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

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

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

こんにゃく問答

こんにゃくもんどう

irrelevant and incoherent dialogue; meaningless parlor debate; dialogue at cross purposes

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

一問一答

いちもんいっとう

answering question by question

愚問愚答

ぐもんぐとう

silly questions and silly answers, a silly dialogue

口答試問

こうとうしもん

oral examination, interview

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

答えにくい質問

こたえにくいしつもん

awkward (difficult) question

筆答

ひっとう

written response