色めき立つ

いろめきたつ【色めき立つ】

take life

活気づく.

¶その報に部屋中が色めき立った

The room buzzed with excitement at the news.

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いろめきたつ【色めき立つ】

〔活気づく〕 grow lively; become enlivened; be energized; feel [get] the juices flowing; 〔興奮する〕 grow [become, get (all)] excited; be in a fever of anticipation.

●誘拐犯逮捕の知らせに, 報道陣は一斉に色めき立った. The press corps became all excited at the news that the kidnappers had been arrested.