縁の下の舞

えんのしたのまいennoshitanomai

expression · noun

  1. hard work gone unnoticed
  2. thankless task
  3. a dance under a veranda
  4. off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennōji temple

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences