Notes:
There's some really useful stuff out there.
I found KOTOBA (it means "speech" or "language" in Japanese) before our last trip to Japan.
I don't think I used a paper dictionary once … it's that much better, and it's free.
There are also some nice Kanji/Katakana/Hiragana flash card apps … get one, use it on the plane on the way to Japan.
It'll help kill some time and you'll have most of the characters nailed by the time you get off the plane.
Check your device's app store ... Search on Japan and see what you come up with.
Share the good stuff !
