also: はだかみ
naked body; bare body
Literary or formal term for a naked body; not common in everyday speech.
He jumped into the lake with his bare body.
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.
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.