guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard); (arch.) metal sword guard; (arch.) polearm
sound when stopping the blade of a sword with the guard
confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard)
two things that do not go well together; (lit.) pairing kintsuba with loach soup