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

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

無回答

むかいとう

non-response

無答責

むとうせき

lack of responsibility, absence of liability

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

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)

口答試問

こうとうしもん

oral examination, interview

無問題

モウマンタイ

no problem

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

無用

むよう

useless, futile

解答用紙

かいとうようし

answer sheet