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I've never really understood why there is a difference between 髪の毛 and 毛 when
talking about hair on one's body. What is it about 髪 that makes it only
relevant in the context of having "hair on the head"? Why wouldn't I be able
to call hair 髪の毛 if it was in a different area?
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Why can 髪の毛 only refer to hair on your head?
髪 is possibly related to 上 (but not 神, see Dono's comment below), something
that is at the top. 髪, then, refers to the head (i.e. top of the body), so
that 髪の毛 is the hair on your head. Similarly, 腕の毛 would be the hair on your
arms, 脚の毛 the hair on your legs.
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