If you were to ask me which kanji were on my goal-list, I am certain that ninja - 忍者 - would easily have been on the list. I was raised on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons of the early-90s, and it definitely brings me back to my childhood to learn the kanji associated with Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
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Fun fact, the ninja part of the “teenage mutant ninja turtles” is a reference to a relatively unknown type of agent / mercenary in feudal Japan!
Historic depiction :
(But all joking aside, congrats on reaching a personal goal, always a nice feeling, isn’t it 
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Go Ninja Go Ninja Go!
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They’re heroes in a half-shell, and they’re green!
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wow that’s a blast from the past. It also reminded me that I think there was a Moral Panic (no doubt led by the mad Mary Whitehouse) and we had to suffer them being called (and sung) Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles. I would have thought the concept of them mutating was more frightening and offensive than them being ninjas. But what can you do.
also that theme is now my new earworm
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It’s a fun treat to find these vocab in the upper levels, imo! 
It brought a big smile on my face when I found it as well! 
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To their credit, ninja was revealed to me when I was someone who had endured quite a lot…
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