鼻

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 鼻 is read as はな and is a noun for the nose, the facial organ used for smelling and breathing.
• Basic usage: Having a blocked nose from a cold appears in 鼻が詰まる, while breathing through the nose to smell a flower appears in 鼻で息を吸う.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The basic word for the whole nose
  • It is the ordinary term for the facial organ associated with smell and breathing.
• Difference from 鼻先
  • Unlike the word for the tip of the nose or the space immediately before it, this term denotes the nose as a whole.