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jmdict 2834649 Active (id: 2001808) 
2834649 jmdict A [id=2001808]
縁の下の舞
えんのしたのまい
[1][exp,n][id]
  hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; 
  [lit] a dance under a veranda
[2][exp,n]
  [note="orig. meaning"]
  [expl] 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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