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   12 Japanese Loanwords That Rode The Wave Straight Into English
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   11 New And Handy Emoji We’ll See In 2020
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   Has The Word “Ninja” Been Culturally Appropriated?

   Traditionally, the word ninja is defined as “a member of a feudal Japanese society of mercenary agents, highly trained in martial arts and stealth (ninjutsu), who were hired for covert purposes ranging from espionage to sabotage and assassination.” These ninjas have captured the Western pop culture imagination since at least the 1960s, when the word was borrowed into English. Since then, ninja has expanded to describe “a …