空拳

くうけん【空拳】

1 〔素手〕 an empty hand.

●空拳で empty-handed.

2 〔独力〕 one's own resources.

●空拳で with one's bare [naked] hands

・空拳でやる do by oneself; rely on one's own resources

・ほとんど徒手空拳で商売を始める start a business on next to nothing [a mere shoestring].

赤手空拳 ⇒せきしゅ¹.