問答

もんどう

questions and answers, dialogue

問答法

もんどうほう

dialectic, dialectics

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

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

公会問答

こうかいもんどう

catechism

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

禅

ぜん

Zen (Buddhism)

質問に答える

しつもんにこたえる

to answer a question

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

禅刹

Zen temple

禅尼

ぜんに

Zen nun