noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
looking around; gazing in all directions
Literary noun or suru-verb for the act of looking around in every direction, often with a sense of surveying one's surroundings.
彼は四顧してから、静かに話し始めた。
He looked around in all directions and then began to speak quietly.
noun
neighborhood; vicinity; surroundings
Literary noun for the area around one; the immediate surroundings or neighborhood. Rare in modern conversation.
四顧を見渡すと、誰もいなかった。
Looking around the vicinity, there was no one.