nah, feng suei is Chinese (but you maybe knew that

And the word Bonsai, for the little tree is pronounced like it is spelled "bone-sigh". The word Japanese yell to show conviction, and that became famous worldwide in WWII is Banzai (bahn-zigh). Two completely different words pronounced the same in English. Banzai means "10 thousands years!" Of course, Japanese is full of English words that are pronounced completely differently that are the same in Japanese - leather and laser is one that comes to mind, but there are many many more.

Oh gosh, somebody stop me. It's the teacher in me.

Sigh…
I just sent out an email flyer and spelled Bonsai wrong in the headline…
If only I'd read this thread first.

I'm just being silly. Actually I was trying to think of the phrase. "ToraTora"

Dave

Again, thanks for all the thoughts guys. It is still sinking in. I have decided to delve into Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 series again, after I stopped a while back because I got too busy (or at least told myself so.)