Word Meaning 蒟蒻問答

こんにゃくもんどう konnyakumondou

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

Meaning

English

irrelevant and incoherent dialogue
meaningless parlor debate
dialogue at cross purposes

Reading

Kana

こんにゃくもんどう

Romaji

konnyakumondou

Writing Variants

こんにゃく問答 こんにゃくもんどう konnyakumondou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 49 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 148416 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

蒟蒻本

こんにゃくぼん

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

蒟蒻版

こんにゃくばん

hectograph

蒟蒻粉

こんにゃくこ

konjac powder

蒟蒻ゼリー

こんにゃくぜりー

fruit jelly (gelled with konjac starch)

問答

もんどう

questions and answers

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

自問自答

じもんじとう

answering one's own 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)

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

公会問答

こうかいもんどう

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