押おし問もん答どう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

押し問答する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	押おし問もん答どうする	押おし問もん答どうしない
Polite	押おし問もん答どうします	押おし問もん答どうしません
Past polite	押おし問もん答どうしました	押おし問もん答どうしませんでした
Past	押おし問もん答どうした	押おし問もん答どうしなかった
Te-form	押おし問もん答どうして	押おし問もん答どうしないで
Desire	押おし問もん答どうしたい	押おし問もん答どうしたくない
Potential	押おし問もん答どうできる	押おし問もん答どうできない
Passive	押おし問もん答どうされる	押おし問もん答どうされない
Causative	押おし問もん答どうさせる	押おし問もん答どうさせない
Causative passive	押おし問もん答どうさせられる	押おし問もん答どうさせられない
Volitional	押おし問もん答どうしよう
Polite volitional	押おし問もん答どうしましょう
Imperative	押おし問もん答どうしろ	押おし問もん答どうするな
Conditional	押おし問もん答どうすれば	押おし問もん答どうしなければ
Tara conditional	押おし問もん答どうしたら	押おし問もん答どうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

arguing back and forth; verbal tug-of-war

Describes a prolonged, stubborn exchange where neither side yields. Often used for heated or repetitive arguments.

会かい議ぎで押おし問もん答どうが続つづき、結けつ論ろんが出でなかった。
The meeting went on with arguing back and forth, and no conclusion was reached.
彼かれらは小ちいさなことで押おし問もん答どうを繰くり返かえした。
They kept up a verbal tug-of-war over a trivial matter.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉と押おし問もん答どうをするto have a back-and-forth argument with someone
店てん員いんと料りょう金きんのことで押おし問もん答どうをした。
I got into a stubborn back-and-forth with the clerk about the fee.
押おし問もん答どうになるfor a discussion to turn into a stubborn argument
話はなし合あいはすぐに押おし問もん答どうになった。
The talk quickly turned into a stubborn back-and-forth argument.
押おし問もん答どうを繰くり返かえすto keep repeating the same stubborn argument
二人ふたりは同おなじ押おし問もん答どうを何なん度ども繰くり返かえした。
The two of them repeated the same stubborn argument over and over.
押おし問もん答どうの末すえに〈事こと〉after a long, stubborn back-and-forth, (something happened)
長ながい押おし問もん答どうの末すえに、ようやく彼かれは折おれた。
After a long, stubborn argument, he finally gave in.

Kanji

押push, stop, check
問question, ask, problem
答solution, answer

Related words

口こう論ろんN2
口論 is a heated quarrel that can end quickly, while 押し問答 stresses a repetitive, stubborn back-and-forth where neither side gives in.
議ぎ論ろんN3
議論 is a neutral term for discussion or debate, whereas 押し問答 implies both sides are just repeating themselves without progress.
言いい争あらそいN3
言い争い is a general verbal fight or squabble, while 押し問答 specifically highlights the stubborn, circular nature of the exchange.
論ろん争そうN3
論争 is a formal, often public dispute over an issue, while 押し問答 is a smaller-scale, personal tug-of-war of words.

Don't confuse with

問もん答どうN2
問答 simply means a question-and-answer exchange or dialogue, while 押し問答 specifically means a stubborn argument where neither side yields.

Built from

押おす+問もん答どう

Written forms

押おし問もん答どう
Standard spelling with okurigana; the most common written form.
押おし問もん答どう
Variant without okurigana; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

Compound of 押し (oshi, 'pushing') and 問答 (mondō, 'questions and answers; dialogue'). The image is of pushing one's argument back and forth without resolution.