noun
Refers to the center of public attention, as in the English expression 'in the limelight'. Often used in phrases like ライムライトを浴びる (to bask in the limelight).
彼は一躍ライムライトを浴びる存在になった。
He suddenly became a figure in the limelight.
脚光 is a native Japanese word also meaning 'limelight' or 'footlights', but it is more formal and less common in everyday speech compared to the loanword ライムライト.
Borrowed from English 'limelight', originally referring to a type of stage lighting that used heated lime to produce a bright light, now used figuratively for the center of public attention.