sickle-shaped moustache
Archaic term for a moustache shaped like a sickle, often associated with servants in the Edo period.
時代劇では、鎌髭を生やした中間がよく登場する。
In period dramas, servants with sickle-shaped moustaches often appear.
Compound of 鎌 (kama, 'sickle') and 髭 (hige, 'facial hair'), referring to the curved shape.