face to face; facing each other
Describes a situation where two people are directly opposite each other, often in a close or intimate setting. Typically used in the adverbial forms 差し向かいで or 差し向かいに.
The two talked face to face.
We sat facing each other and ate.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant spelling without し and か.
Variant spelling without the final か.
Compound of 差し (prefix adding emphasis or direction) and 向かい (facing). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used to describe a direct, face-to-face arrangement.