蒟蒻

こんにゃく

solidified jelly made from the rhizome of devil's tongue (konjac, konjak, koniak, konnyaku)

糸蒟蒻

いとこんにゃく いとごんにゃく

konnyaku cut into fine threads, konnyaku noodles

蒟蒻本

Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm)

蒟蒻ゼリー

こんにゃくゼリー

fruit jelly (gelled with konjac starch), fruit jello

スマトラ大蒟蒻

スマトラおおこんにゃく スマトラオオコニャク

titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), corpse flower, carrion flower

刺青蒟蒻鯵

いれずみこんにゃくあじ イレズミコンニャクアジ

ragfish (Icosteus aenigmaticus)

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

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

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