Confrontation; facing a difficulty or conflict (noun use).
会社は倒産の直面に置かれている。
The company is facing the prospect of bankruptcy.
この問題の直面は避けられない。
Confronting this problem is unavoidable.
現実の直面を促す報告書だった。
It was a report that urged confrontation with reality.
To face; to confront; to encounter — used as a verb (often in the form '〜に直面する').
企業は急速な市場変化に直面している。
Companies are facing rapid changes in the market.
若者は就職難という現実に直面した。
Young people were confronted with the reality of employment difficulties.
私たちは環境問題に真剣に直面する必要がある。
We need to seriously confront environmental issues.