眼がん光こう炯けい々けい

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

with shining, piercing eyes

A yojijukugo describing a sharp, penetrating gaze that seems to gleam. Often used in literary or dramatic descriptions of intense, perceptive looks.

• 彼かれは眼がん光こう炯けい々けいとして相あい手てを睨にらみつけた。

  He glared at his opponent with piercing, shining eyes.

• その老ろう探たん偵ていは眼がん光こう炯けい々けいたる目めつきで証しょう拠こを見み抜ぬいた。

  The old detective saw through the evidence with his sharp, gleaming eyes.