Translation guide
The English word "glare" covers several distinct meanings: an intense, angry stare; a harsh, blinding light; and the visual discomfort caused by such light. Japanese uses different words for each, and the verb forms often differ in transitivity.
To stare at someone with anger or hostility.
He glared at me.
Please don't glare at me.
A more intense version of 睨む, implying a fixed, piercing glare.
She glared fiercely at him.
Slang for staring intently, often with a negative connotation. Can be used for glaring in a very casual context.
That person keeps glaring/staring at me.
To shine with a strong, unpleasant, dazzling light.
An onomatopoeic verb describing a harsh, glaring light, often from the sun or a bright surface.
The sun is glaring.
An adjective meaning 'dazzling' or 'glaring' (light that hurts the eyes). Often used to describe sunlight or bright reflections.
Describes the sun beating down intensely, often with a glaring quality.
The uncomfortable sensation caused by bright light, or the light itself that causes it.
A loanword from English, commonly used in technical contexts (e.g., computer screens, lighting design) to refer to glare as a visual phenomenon.
This monitor has terrible glare.
The noun form of 眩しい, referring to the quality of being glaring or dazzling.
Reduce the glare of the lighting.
睨む is for an angry facial expression directed at someone. 眩しい is for light that is painfully bright. They are not interchangeable.
glare at him (angry look)
the light is glaring (too bright)
English 'glare' can refer to both an angry look and harsh light, but Japanese 睨む only means the angry look. Using it for light would be nonsensical.
今日は日差しが眩しい。
The sunlight is glaring today.
The summer sun glares down.