問答無用

From 問(もん)答(どう) (mondō, “dialogue”) + 無(む)用(よう) (muyō, “uselessness, futility”).

• (Tokyo) もんどー・むよー [mòńdóꜜò múꜜyòò] (Nakadaka + Atamadaka – [3]-[1])^[1]

• (Tokyo) もんどーむよー [mòńdóꜜò mùyòò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2][1]
• (Tokyo) もんどーむよー [mòńdóó múꜜyòò] (Nakadaka – [5])^[2][1]
• IPA^(key): [mõ̞ndo̞ː mɯ̟jo̞ː]

問(もん)答(どう)無(む)用(よう) • (mondō muyō) ^{←もんだふむよう (mondafu muyou)?}

1. (there is) no use in arguing; dialogue is useless
   • 1932, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Assassins of Inukai Tsuyoshi, May 15 incident:

     犬(いぬ)養(かい)毅(つよし)：話(はな)せばわかる。
     暗(あん)殺(さつ)者(しゃ)：問(もん)答(どう)無(む)用(よう)、撃(う)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!

• 問(もん)答(どう)無(む)益(やく) (mondō muyaku)

• “問答無用”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN