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眼下 (がんか, ganka) Japanese meaning: under one's eyes | Kotomora
じ 字 Furigana
Related words 目もく 前ぜん 目前 means 'right before one's eyes' in a more immediate, often temporal sense (e.g., danger is imminent), while 眼下 emphasizes a spatial view spread out below.
目め の 前まえ 目の前 is a common, everyday word for 'in front of one's eyes' (spatially or temporally), whereas 眼下 is more literary and specifically refers to a downward or panoramic view.
Etymology Compound of 眼 (gan, 'eye') and 下 (ka, 'below'), literally 'below the eye'. The reading is on'yomi, and the word is used in formal or literary Japanese.
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From the mountaintop, I looked out over the town spread below my eyes.
The view below was breathtakingly beautiful.