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jmdict 1012340 Active (id: 2292539)
向きになる向きに成る [sK]
ムキになる (nokanji)むきになる
1. [exp,v5r] [uk]
▶ to become serious
▶ to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing)
▶ to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial)
▶ to get worked up

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2024-02-25 00:24:05  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2024-02-24 22:35:48  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -23,2 +23,2 @@
-<gloss>to take something seriously (joke, teasing)</gloss>
-<gloss>to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial)</gloss>
+<gloss>to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing)</gloss>
+<gloss>to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial)</gloss>
3. A 2024-02-24 22:18:25  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
sankoku: 「ムキになる」とも書く

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 向きになる │  9,262 │ 14.8% │
│ 向きに成る │     39 │  0.1% │ - sK
│ むきになる │  9,710 │ 15.5% │
│ ムキになる │ 43,569 │ 69.6% │ - move up
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -10,3 +10,0 @@
-<r_ele>
-<reb>むきになる</reb>
-</r_ele>
@@ -15,0 +14,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>むきになる</reb>
2. A 2014-03-11 22:16:05  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Ngrams (ムキになる is v. common.)
  Comments:
Tidying
  Diff:
@@ -22,2 +22,2 @@
-<gloss>to take something (joke, teasing) seriously</gloss>
-<gloss>to become irritated or angry (usually at something trivial)</gloss>
+<gloss>to take something seriously (joke, teasing)</gloss>
+<gloss>to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial)</gloss>
1. A* 2014-03-11 20:28:16  Jacopo Tedeschi <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Weblio類語辞書
http://thesaurus.weblio.jp/content/ムキになる

実用日本語表現辞典
http://www.practical-japanese.com/2011/07/blog-post_568.html

google hits
ムキになる 1,150,000
  Comments:
ムキになる is also a very used form as also confirmed by google hits. 

What about adding in the meanings "to get worked up"??
It seems to fit perfectly the term!
It is also a suggested translation here:
1) http://www.dictjuggler.net/yakugo/?word=get worked up
2) http://www.lint.co.jp/e+/PoD/PoD.php?num=432
3) http://www.romajidesu.com/dictionary/meaning-of-むきになる.html
4) http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~kazukun/animede/other/LoveHina.htm
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13,4 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ムキになる</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
@@ -19,0 +24 @@
+<gloss>to get worked up</gloss>

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