To Leap
To Jump, To Bounce
intransitive verb, godan verb
Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means leap so the verb vocab version means to leap. It also means to jump or to bounce.
You go to leap and leap again. You do it so much that you start sweating, which is causing a foul odor (おど) to come from your body.
ずっと探していた60年代に生産中止になったクラッシックカーを見つけた時は、嬉しくて胸が躍りました。
When I found the classic car that had been discontinued in 1960 that I’d been looking for, I was so happy my heart leapt.