On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:25:12 +0900, Brett Robson
<deep_m_m@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>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.

PopTrans 

http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/en/company/products/Poptrans.aspx

The same deal as Rikai (I'm pretty sure Rikai uses Alex Schonfeld's
code) only not restricted to the web. You need to have the .Net
Framework installed I believe. I use the heck out of this.

Raj