also: はだかみ
naked sword; unsheathed sword
Only with reading はだかみ
Rare, restricted to the reading はだかみ; refers to a sword drawn from its scabbard.
He jumped into the lake with his bare body.
The samurai took the naked sword in his hand.
Standard kanji spelling for the reading らしん.
Rare reading for the same kanji form; mainly used in the sense of 'naked sword'.
Compound of 裸 (naked) and 身 (body). The reading はだかみ is a kun'yomi variant, while らしん uses on'yomi.