睨にらみ合あい

noun

glaring at each other

Describes two or more people staring at each other with hostility or suspicion.

• 会かい議ぎの席せきで、二人ふたりはにらみ合あいを続つづけた。

  At the meeting, the two kept glaring at each other.

noun

confrontation; standoff; face-off

Figurative extension: a tense situation where opposing sides are locked in a stalemate, often without actual glaring.

• 労ろう使し間かんのにらみ合あいが長なが引びいている。

  The standoff between labor and management is dragging on.