Freeware February: Kotoba

I think I'm turning Japanese and it's all
Kung Foo TV's fault.

It seems like every time I come across some new cool Mac hack, it's on a Japanese website. Off to
Google I go, every time, to get a rough and often comical translation. I've had enough. I'm determined to learn Japanese. I understand it might be difficult, given that my grasp of the English language is still pretty rough some days, despite it being my native toungue, but
Kotoba promises to make it easy.

Kotoba is a Japanese learning aid, from the same guy who brought us Kung-Tunes,
ecto, and 1001. Kotoba is based on the
"not so unconvential idea that increased exposure to words will help consolidate your memory of them. The implementation of this idea is by repeatedly showing words in a small window that you can keep visible in the background while you work on your stuff."

There are a bunch of user-contributed dictionaries to choose from, and I chose the Japanese For Business dictionary first. If all goes well, by Monday I'll be able to open my own sushi bar. Or at least a
small semiconductor company.