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Originally Posted by Sashimister
Did you not know I was a Japanese-speaker?
That's called bonsai. S.
Then again, I'd have no idea why he would say that there.
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Ah, but that was a bilingual pun! 盆栽＋万歳＝盆ザイ！ Ergo, an overenthusiastic miniature tree
Really, I guess we don't have to involve Japanese at all, since both "bonsai" and "banzai" have entered English. "Bonzai" we might say is an overenthusiastic tree in English even!