問答無用
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |||
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問 | 答 | 無 | 用 |
もん Grade: 3 |
とう > どう Grade: 2 |
む Grade: 4 |
よう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
From 問答 (mondō, “dialogue”) + 無用 (muyō, “uselessness, futility”).
Phrase edit
問答無用 • (mondō muyō)
- (there is) no use in arguing; dialogue is useless
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- 犬養毅:話せばわかる。
暗殺者:問答無用、撃て!- Inukai tsuyoshi: Hanaseba wakaru.
Ansatsu sha: Mondō muyō, ute! - Inukai Tsuyoshi: You'll be convinced if you just listen to me.
Assassins: No argument, shoot him!
- Inukai tsuyoshi: Hanaseba wakaru.
- 犬養毅:話せばわかる。
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References edit
- Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN