縁の下の舞

えんのしたのまい

expression, noun

hard work gone unnoticed, thankless task, a dance under a veranda(idiom )

off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennōji temple(orig. meaning)

縁	affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
下	below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
舞	dance, flit, circle, wheel