steely eyes

ゴジラの頭部を再現した実寸大オブジェが４月１７日にオープン予定の『TOHOシネマズ　新宿』の屋上に現れ話題になっています。実際に新宿にゴジラが現れた場合を再現して建設されているため、周囲から見上げればゴジラ出現の雰囲気を味わうことができるようです。

とりあげる表現は“steely eyes”です。辞書をみてみると「steely：（はがねのように）堅固な〈決意・態度など〉；冷酷な」とあり、すぐ傍には「steely eyed：決然とした目つきの」とありました。（『Wisdom英和辞典第３版』三省堂）ちなみに、英辞郎では「steely eyes：（はがねのように）冷たい目」とありました。

これまでにも“目つき”シリーズは何度もとりあげられてきましたが、探せばまだまだ出てきそうです。（野球小僧）

Each neighborhood of Tokyo has its own unique feel, but it’s hard to top Shinjuku. Located in the heart of downtown, Shinjuku has just about everything you could ask for in a modern metropolis, boasting such attractions as a beautiful garden, extensive shopping options, an uncountable array of restaurants and bars, and the RocketNews24 offices.

And now, there’s one more reason to come to Shinjuku. A big one in fact, as the King of the Monsters, Godzilla himself, is literally watching over the district in the form of a life-size replica of the creature’s head peering down from one of its buildings.

Shinjuku’s most densely packed section of entertainment options is the subsection known as Kabukicho. While the long-ago promised kabuki theater, from which the area took its name, has never materialized, Kabukicho will be getting a new movie theater soon when the currently under-construction Toho Cinemas opens.

While Toho runs a chain of theaters in Japan, the company’s primary business is film production, with its most internationally famous property being the Godzilla franchise. So to help the new building stand out in the crowded urban landscape of Shinjuku, Toho decided to recruit the movie icon’s help.

As we’ve been looking forward to for months, atop the theater is a 12-meter replica of Godzilla’s head, based on his appearance in the 1992’s “Godzilla vs. Mothra” (as opposed to his most recent, neckless form), with his steely eyes some 50 meters above the pavement.

http://www.japantoday.com/smartphone/view/arts-culture/godzilla-appears-atop-new-shinjuku-skyscraper