(historical) a daimyo who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa before the Battle of Sekigahara

馬: horse / 午: The Horse, the seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac

旨々: successfully

上手い, 巧い: good at something, skillful / 美味い, 旨い: delicious, tasty / 旨い: favorable, preferable, good / 旨い: profitable / (uncommon) 旨い: thoughtless, foolish, lackadaisical, slipshod, short-sighted

馬屋, 厩: stable, a barn for horses

午年: year of the horse

having a savory spicy flavor

savory spicy flavor

a lucky day, auspicious day

to fatten (livestock)