控ひかえ室しつ (hikaeshitsu)

ここはお 客様きゃくさま 用ようの 控ひかえ 室しつです。

This is a waiting room for guests.

また、相撲で、力士が土俵に向かい、また控え室に戻るための道も花道という。

Hanamichi also means the path where a Rikishi (a Sumo wrestler) walks when he goes to dohyo (the Sumo ring) and returns to a waiting room.

万寿元年（1024年）の豊明節会においては、任務として五節舞の舞姫を貢進するも、病を口実にその舞姫の控え室に籠もってしまうという事件を引き起こしている（『小右記』）。

In the Toyoakari no sechi-e (a seasonal court banquet, which took place the day after Niiname-sai festival in November) in 1024, he paid a tribute of Maihime (dancing girl) for Gosechi no mai Dance (dance performance as part of a harvest festival) as his duty; however, he created an incident where he confined himself in the anteroom for the Maihime on the excuse of his illness ("Shoyuki") (The Diary of FUJIWARA no Sanesuke).

控え室 a room for people to wait in議員控え室での協定取引. a cloakroom deal議員が客と会う議院の控え室 a room in the Japanese Diet where Diet Members meet visitors, called a lobby諸侯控え室-三渓園（横浜市中区(横浜市)） Lord's Antechamber - Sankei-en (Naka Ward, Yokohama City)幕府評定所で,白州へ出廷するまでの控え室に設けられた腰掛け during Japan's Edo period, a seat in a judicial court waiting room for those waiting for their court appearance in Hakushu表通りの眩さを目をしばたかせて追い出すと、控え室にいるギャツビーの姿がおぼろに浮かびあがった。

Blinking away the brightness of the street outside, my eyes picked him out obscurely in the anteroom,