Word Meaning 問答無益

もんどうむえき mondoumueki

問答無益 is read as もんどうむえき (mondoumueki) and means there being no use in arguing (about it).

Meaning

English

  1. there being no use in arguing (about it)
  2. being stone-deaf to someone's appeals

Reading

Kana

もんどうむえき

Romaji

mondoumueki

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 45 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Yojijukugo Rank 34617 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

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問答無用

もんどうむよう

there being no use in arguing (about it)

無益

むえき

useless

有害無益

ゆうがいむえき

more harm than good

問答

もんどう

questions and answers

問答法

もんどうほう

dialectic

禅問答

ぜんもんどう

Zen dialogue

国際無線通信諮問委員会

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無益有害

むえきゆうがい

useless and harmful

有益無害

ゆうえきむがい

beneficial and harmless

愚問愚答

ぐもんぐとう

silly questions and silly answers

押し問答

おしもんどう

arguing back and forth

自問自答

じもんじとう

answering one's own question