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

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

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

法律問題

ほうりつもんだい

legal problem

問題商法

もんだいしょうほう

unscrupulous (crooked, fraudulent) business practices, pernicious sales methods

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