godan verb (-su)
gaze back at; stare back at
Used when someone returns a steady, fixed gaze, often in a confrontational or curious manner.
彼は私をじっと見返した。
He stared back at me intently.
猫が窓の外をじっと見返している。
The cat is gazing back out the window.
Compound of the mimetic adverb じっと (fixedly, intently) and the verb 見返す (to look back).