Word Meaning 縁の下の舞
えんのしたのまい
en no shita no mai
縁の下の舞 is read as えんのしたのまい (en no shita no mai) and means off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennōji temple.
Meaning
English
- off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennōji temple
- hard work gone unnoticed
- thankless task
- a dance under a veranda
Reading
Kana
えんのしたのまい
Romaji
en no shita no mai