It’s mondo useless!

Apparently the latter word is supposed to be “pseudo-Italian.” Eh.

問答無用
mon.dou.mu.you

Literally: question – answer – nothing – use

Alternately: “Further discussion is pointless.” “I’m not going to argue any more.”

Notes: 問答 is a discussion; in this case, and in contrast to last week, 無用 is “useless” or “not needed,” more directly discernable from the meaning of the individual characters. This phrase may be used to call a discussion to a close.

MonDouYuuTou

Talk doesn’t burn nearly as many calories as a good stabbin’ anyway.

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I love the written word more than anything else I've had the chance to work with. I'm back in the States from Japan for grad school, but still studying Japanese with the hope of becoming a translator -- or writer, or even teacher -- as long as it's something language-related.
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