noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
bare hands; empty hands
Refers to doing something with one's bare hands, without tools, weapons, or gloves. Often used in contexts like catching something barehanded, fighting unarmed, or handling something without protection.
彼は素手で魚を捕まえた。
He caught the fish with his bare hands.
素手で
He caught the fish with his bare hands.
Please don't touch the hot pot with your bare hands.
He fought his opponent unarmed, without any weapon.
Please don't touch the chemicals with your bare hands.
He punched his opponent with his bare fists.
丸腰 specifically means 'without a weapon' (unarmed), whereas 素手 more broadly means 'with bare hands', which can also refer to not wearing gloves or using tools.
素手 means 'bare hands' while 素足 means 'bare feet'; both follow the same 素+body part pattern and are easy to mix up in form.
素手 means bare-handed, without tools or weapons, whereas 空手 in its literal sense means having nothing at all in one's hands, such as arriving without a gift.
empty-handed; barehanded; unarmed
Compound of 素 (bare, unadorned) and 手 (hand). The reading すで is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi of 素 and the kun'yomi of 手.