morning activities that fill time before a more important activity (work, etc.)

麻糸: hemp yarn

morning

assignment

assign

Asakusa, an area of Tokyo

a surname

塌菜: Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa (syns. Brassica narinosa, Brasica rapa var. narinosa, Brassica rapa var. rosularis), an edible green vegetable known variously in English as tatsoi, spinach mustard, spoon mustard, or rosette bok choy

(archaic, obsolete) getting up late in the morning

hemp yarn, hemp thread