Translation guide
To stare angrily or sullenly at someone. Japanese has several verbs and phrases to express this, ranging from common to literary.
To look at someone with anger or hostility, often without speaking.
The most common and versatile verb for glaring or staring angrily. Can be used in everyday situations.
To look at someone with silent resentment or bad temper, often with a downcast or sideways glance.
Also covers sullen glaring. Context distinguishes from angry glaring.
睨む always implies anger or hostility. For a neutral stare, use じっと見る or 見つめる.
睨みつける is more intense and often implies a deliberate, fixed glare. 睨む can be a brief angry look.
彼は私を睨んだ。
He glowered at me.
Please don't glower at me.
A more intense version of 睨む, implying a fixed, piercing glare.
She glowered at him fiercely.
Literally 'to make one's eyes triangular', an idiomatic phrase for glaring angrily, often used in light novels or casual speech.
He glowered at me with angry eyes.
A formal or literary term for glaring with anger. Rare in conversation.
He glowered to intimidate his opponent.
He glowered at me sullenly.
To look at someone resentfully or reproachfully. Conveys a sense of holding a grudge.
She glowered at him resentfully.
To sulk; can include sullen glaring, especially in children or childish adults.
The child sulked and glowered at me.