Word Meaning こんにゃく問答

こんにゃくもんどう konnyakumondou

こんにゃく問答 is read as こんにゃくもんどう (konnyakumondou) and means irrelevant and incoherent dialogue.

Meaning

English

  1. irrelevant and incoherent dialogue
  2. meaningless parlor debate
  3. dialogue at cross purposes

Reading

Kana

こんにゃくもんどう

Romaji

konnyakumondou

Writing Variants

  • 蒟蒻問答 こんにゃくもんどう konnyakumondou

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 111368 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

問答

もんどう

questions and answers

自問自答

じもんじとう

answering one's own question

公会問答

こうかいもんどう

catechism

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

arguing back and forth

禅問答

ぜんもんどう

Zen 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)

筆問筆答

ひつもんひっとう

question and answer in writing

愚問愚答

ぐもんぐとう

silly questions and silly answers

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

問答無益

もんどうむえき

there being no use in arguing (about it)