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    3. 縁の下の舞

    縁の下の舞

    縁えんの​下したの​舞まい

    hard work gone unnoticed

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab35 strokes

    えんのしたのまい

    Noun

    1.
    hard work gone unnoticed, thankless task, a dance under a veranda
    idiomatic expression
    2.
    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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    Characters that make up this word

    縁
    ふち・ふち.どる・ゆかり・よすが・へり・えにし…(2)
    affinity・relation・connection・edge・border…(2)
    Kanji
    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
    Kanji
    舞
    ま.う・-ま.う・まい…(1)
    dance・flit・circle・wheel
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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