Mr. Kearney looked straight before him, stroking his beard, while Mrs. Kearney spoke into Kathleen's ear with subdued emphasis.
カーニー氏はまっすぐ前を見てあごひげをなで、一方カーニー夫人は抑えた強調子でキャスリーンに耳打ちした。 - James Joyce『母親』
Its detail has not been handed down, but there was a "mie" (a pose) of Kanu by stroking his beard, and this 'Kanu-mie' (a pose of Kanu) has come down up to now (such as in "Heike nyogo no shima" (The Heike and the Island of Women).
細部はほとんど伝わっていないが、関羽が髭をしごいて見得をきる型があったらしく、これが「関羽見得」として現在まで伝わっている(『平家女護島』など)。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス