興奮気味(こうふんぎみ)

こうふんぎみ
noun, na-adjective
somewhat excited; a bit worked up; slightly agitated
emotiondescriptive
1. somewhat excited; a bit worked up; slightly agitated
Showing signs of excitement or agitation without being fully in that state, as softened by the suffix -gimi (a touch of).
彼(かれ)は興奮気味(こうふんぎみ)に話(はな)した。
He spoke in a somewhat excited manner.
子(こ)どもたちは遠足(えんそく)の前(まえ)で興奮気味(こうふんぎみ)だった。
The children were a little excited before the field trip.
試合(しあい)の結果(けっか)を聞(き)いて、ファンは興奮気味(こうふんぎみ)に歓声(かんせい)を上(あ)げた。
Hearing the game result, the fans cheered with palpable excitement.

A compound of 興奮(こうふん) (excitement, agitation) and 気味(ぎみ) (a touch of, somewhat). The suffix 気味(ぎみ) softens the degree, indicating that someone is not fully excited but shows signs of it. The 気味(ぎみ) pattern is productive and attaches to nouns and the pre-masu stem of verbs (疲(つか)れ気味(ぎみ), 太(ふと)り気味(ぎみ)) to create similar expressions.

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Related: 太(ふと)り気味(ぎみ) (slightly overweight)
Compare: 興奮(こうふん) (excited)
Compare: 高揚(こうよう) (elated, uplifted)
Compare: 興奮(こうふん)する (excited)
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