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

問答

もんどう

questions and answers, dialogue

難問

なんもん

perplexity, difficult question, difficult problem

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

質問

しつもん

question, inquiry, enquiry

難問題

なんもんだい

difficult problem or question

答え

こたえ いらえ

answer, reply, response, solution

問い質す

といただす

to enquire of someone about something (inquire), to question

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