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かのじょ
彼女
あお
あさぐろ
浅黒
はだ
える

The blue of her eyes stands out against her rather dark skin.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. she; her
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1
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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2
1. blue; green
2. pale  (this meaning is restricted to form 青い, 蒼い)
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4
darkish; swarthy
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1
noun
1. skin
2. body (in the context of intimate bodily contact)  (see also: 肌を許す)
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3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to rise to the surface; to surface
2. to stand out (e.g. against a background)
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
2. to look; to seem; to appear
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
セイ   ショウ   あお-    あお blue   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
セン   あさ shallow, superficial   
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three spears
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tasseled spear
サン   み    みっ three   
スイ   みず water   
コク   くろ    くろ black   
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リ   さと village   
fire
はだ skin, complexion   
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キ    table   
ニク body part   
フ   うかぶ    う to float   うかべる to launch, to refloat, to waft   うかれる to frolic   
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nourishment   
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シ   ス   こ child   
claw
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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legs
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