noun
looks; features; facial appearance
Refers to the overall impression of a person's face, including expression and features. Often used in literary or slightly formal contexts.
彼女の面差しには優しさが感じられる。
You can sense kindness in her features.
その少年の面差しは父親に似ている。
The boy's looks resemble his father's.
Compound of 面 (omo, 'face') + 差し (zashi, from 差す sasu, 'to appear, to show'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since classical Japanese to refer to facial appearance.