Illustration: At a neighbourhood amusement arcade, a young adult hunches over a claw machine, jaw tight and eyes fixed on a plush penguin caught at the prize chute's edge. One hand grips the joystick while the other hovers rigidly above the button.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

躍やっ起き

yakki

desperate, worked up

Usually used as 躍起になる. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

警察けいさつは群衆ぐんしゅうを制止せいしするのに躍起やっきになっている。
The police are going all out just to hold back the crowd.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
政府せいふはインフレを押おさえ込こもうと躍起やっきになっている。
The government is desperate to keep inflation down.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
ますます多おおくの人ひとが、その媒体ばいたいの双方向的そうほうこうてきな性質せいしつを利用りようしようと躍起やっきになっている。
More and more people are rushing to make use of the interactive nature of the medium.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 躍起

躍leap; danceOnヤクKunおどる
起rouse; wake upOnキKunおきる・おこる・おこす

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