控ひかえ室しつ

Until just before the award ceremony began, the recipients sat together in the waiting room, quietly exchanging words about each other's careers, as if trying to ease their nerves.

With the opening of the international conference imminent, aides from each national delegation were rushing in and out of the anteroom, scrambling to finalize the arrangements for the proceedings.

Even veteran actors who have performed for years apparently stand before the mirror in the green room before opening night, murmuring their lines over and over, striving to shake off the lingering traces of anxiety.