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

問答

もんどう

questions and answers, dialogue

問答法

もんどうほう

dialectic, dialectics

禅問答

ぜんもんどう

Zen dialogue, Zen questions and answers

想定

そうてい

hypothesis, supposition, assumption

押し問答

おしもんどう

dispute, heated questioning and answering

自問自答

じもんじとう

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

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

問答無用

もんどうむよう

there being no use in arguing (about it)

愚問愚答

ぐもんぐとう

silly questions and silly answers, a silly dialogue

筆問筆答

ひつもんひっとう

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

一問一答

いちもんいっとう

answering question by question

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

公会問答

こうかいもんどう

catechism

想定内

そうていない

within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption

想定外

そうていがい

beyond expectations, beyond what one expected, not foreseen, exceeding assumptions

肯定応答

こうていおうとう

acknowledge, ACK

否定応答

ひていおうとう

negative acknowledge, NAK