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    3. 押し問答

    押し問答

    押おし​問もん答どう

    arguing back and forth

    KMT10News #40+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab32 strokes

    押問答

    おしもんどう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    arguing back and forth, bandying words, verbal tug-of-war

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    彼かれらはずっと押おし問もん答どうを続つづけていた。

    They kept arguing back and forth.

    KMT7Daily Life
    意い見けんが対たい立りつし、会かい議ぎは長ながい押おし問もん答どうになった。

    Opinions clashed, and the meeting turned into a long verbal tug-of-war.

    KMT10Daily LifeWork & Career
    どんなに押おし問もん答どうをしても、結けつ論ろんは出でそうになかった。

    No matter how much they argued back and forth, a conclusion seemed unlikely.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    子こ供どもたちは、おもちゃの取とり合あいで押おし問もん答どうを始はじめた。

    The children started arguing back and forth over a toy.

    KMT10Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    交こう渉しょうは、両りょう者しゃの間あいだで激はげしい押おし問もん答どうが繰くり広ひろげられた。

    The negotiations saw a fierce verbal tug-of-war unfold between the two parties.

    KMT10Work & CareerBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    押
    お.す・お.し-・お.っ-・お.さえる・おさ.える…(4)
    push・stop・check・subdue・attach…(6)
    Kanji
    問
    と.う・と.い・とん…(2)
    question・ask・problem
    Kanji
    答
    こた.える・こた.え…(2)
    solution・answer
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
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