もんどう
問答
N5Common wordNoun
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
questions and answers•dialogue
Example Sentences
先生と生徒の問答が続いた。
The teacher and student went back and forth in dialogue.
そんな言い訳は問答無用だ。
There's no point arguing excuses like that.
押し問答の末、彼は諦めて帰っていった。
After a heated back-and-forth argument, he gave up and went home.
禅問答のような話で、よく分からなかった。
It was like a Zen riddle, and I couldn't really understand it.
彼とは何度も問答を繰り返したが、結論は出なかった。
I went back and forth with him many times, but we never reached a conclusion.