愛あい及きゅう屋おく烏う

noun

infatuation; doting; blind love

A rare yojijukugo meaning to love someone so deeply that one even loves the crows on their roof—i.e., to be so infatuated that everything associated with the beloved seems precious. Literary and old-fashioned.

• 「愛あい及きゅう屋おく烏う」ということわざは、愛あいする人ひとの家いえの烏からすさえも愛いとおしく感かんじるほどの深ふかい愛あい情じょうを表あらわす。

  The proverb 'love even the crows on the roof' expresses a love so deep that even the crows on the beloved's house seem dear.