This isn't as good as having someone around who actually knows
the language, but there is an online Japanese-English dictionary.
It might be handy when you're fishing for the right word.

The URL is:
http://enterprise.ic.gc.ca/cgi-bin/j-e/dict

Grayson Towler
grayson@rigroup.net

http://www.rigroup.com/~grayson/relentless