noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
look straight at; look someone in the eye
Used for directly facing something visually or metaphorically, often with a nuance of not avoiding reality. Common in phrases like 直視する and 現実を直視する.
彼は私の目を直視して話した。
He spoke while looking me straight in the eye.
私たちは現実を直視しなければ
We must face reality squarely.