白はく刃じん

noun

drawn sword; naked blade

Refers to an unsheathed sword, often in dramatic or literary contexts. The reading しらは is rarer and carries a slightly more classical feel.

• 敵てきは白はく刃じんを抜ぬいて迫せまってきた。

  The enemy approached with drawn swords.

• 白はく刃じんの下したをくぐり抜ぬける。

  To pass under a naked blade (i.e., to face a life-threatening situation).