John Smith wrote:
> Hello, I have just bought a computer after a break of many years.  I 
> used to use a Win3.1 program called Kakitori to help me read.  It 
> doesn't seem to work now as it doesn't know anything about Unicode - I 
> think.  I recall a chap named Charles Eicher who could ferret out the 
> information anyone wanted and give it to them sarcastically, can anyone 
> Eicher me information about a newer J-Dictionary that might resemble 
> Kakitori?
> 
> Thanks,

www.rikai.com is my best friend. It puts furigana and the 
meangings on all the kanji on a page or copied text. If your 
grammar is good it's all you need. Only downfall is that it's web 
based.