血ち湧わき肉にく躍おどる

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-ru)

tingle with excitement; be thrilled; blood stirs

Idiomatic expression describing a visceral, almost physical surge of excitement or anticipation, often in response to an event or challenge.

試し合あい前まえで血ち湧わき肉にく躍おどる思おもいだ。
Before the match, I feel my blood stir with excitement.
彼かれの冒ぼう険けん談

だん

を

聞き

い

て

血ち

湧わ

き

肉にく

躍おど

っ

た

。

Listening to his adventure stories made my blood tingle with excitement.

Written forms

血ち湧わき肉にく躍おどる
Standard kanji spelling; 湧く suggests welling up, fitting the vivid imagery.
血ち沸わき肉にく躍おどる
Variant with 沸く (to boil); also common and equally vivid.

Kanji

血blood
湧boil, ferment, seethe
肉meat
躍leap, dance, skip
沸seethe, boil, ferment

Similar words

胸むねが躍おどる
胸が躍る also expresses excitement but focuses on a fluttering heart, while 血湧き肉躍る conveys a more intense, bodily thrill.
わくわくする
わくわくする is a common, casual mimetic word for excitement; 血湧き肉躍る is a more dramatic, literary idiom.

Etymology

A vivid Japanese idiom combining 血 (blood), 湧く/沸く (well up/boil), 肉 (flesh), and 躍る (dance/leap), literally 'blood wells/boils and flesh dances,' figuratively describing intense excitement.