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[n]
[yoji]
▶ infatuation ▶ doting |
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| 3. | A 2024-03-26 00:03:50 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | Barely worth it. |
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| Diff: | @@ -13 +13,2 @@ -<gloss>infatuation (of a child)</gloss> +<gloss>infatuation</gloss> +<gloss>doting</gloss> |
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| 2. | A* 2024-03-25 23:30:57 Syed Raza <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | * jitenon: https://yoji.jitenon.jp/yoji/005.html * https://sanabo.com/words/archives/2004/12/post_3.html * https://news.mynavi.jp/article/quiz_yojijukugo-35/2 * jawikt: https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/愛及屋烏 愛及屋烏 53 屋烏の愛 97 |
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| Comments: | The refs don't mention anything about a child. The term comes from loving someone so much, that you even like a crow that perches on their roof. Compare our 「屋烏の愛」 entry. Not quite "true love", but more being deeply or madly in love, I feel. |
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| 1. | A* 2024-03-25 13:30:15 matsugase <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | wiktionary |
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