Banzai was a term applied during World War II by the Allied forces to human wave attacks mounted by infantry forces of the Imperial Japanese Army. The term literally means “jade shards”. On the other hand Bonsai, as we can see in this fine, fine comic literally means “tree in pot”. No matter the size, big or small, a tree in a pot is a bonsai and patience is always involved. There is your bit of etymology for today.