聖ひじり柄づか

noun

sword hilt shaped like a vajra handle

Archaic term for a sword hilt whose shape resembles the handle of a vajra (金剛杵). Used in historical or specialist contexts.

See also: 金剛杵

• この古ふるい刀かたなの聖ひじり柄づかは、金こん剛ごう杵しょの握にぎりに似にている。

  The hilt of this old sword is shaped like the handle of a vajra.

noun

plain wooden sword hilt

Refers to a simple wooden hilt, as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin or other materials. Also an archaic term.

• 聖ひじり柄づかは鮫さめ皮がわを巻まかない、簡かん素そな木きの柄がらである。

  A 聖柄 is a plain wooden hilt without sharkskin wrapping.