鼻毛

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 鼻毛(はなげ) means hair growing inside the nostrils.
• Basic usage: It describes looking in a mirror while trimming overgrown nose hair.
  • 鏡を見て伸びた鼻毛を整えた。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Reading 毛
  • The word 毛 for hair is read け on its own, but becomes げ in the latter part of 鼻毛.
• Describing grooming
  • 鼻毛を整える means to trim or tidy nose hair. 伸びた鼻毛 refers to nose hair that has grown longer.