鍔つば音おと

noun

sound of a sword guard stopping a blade

Refers specifically to the metallic clink or clash produced when the tsuba (guard) of a Japanese sword meets an opponent's blade during a parry or block. Used in descriptions of sword fights, martial arts, or historical narratives.

• 道どう場じょうに鍔つば音おとが響ひびいた。

  The sound of sword guards clashing echoed through the dojo.

• 激はげしい鍔つば迫ぜり合あいの末すえ、鋭するどい鍔つば音おとがした。

  After a fierce tsubazeriai, there was a sharp clink of the guards.