This is currently a work in progress. We put this here now for your use until it is in full working order. Translating Japanese to English, and vice versa, has always been somewhat difficult. Since the Japanese language doesn't use our alphabet, and the method of pronunciation is different, Americans have tried to phoneticaly spell Japanese words. For this reason you may see Japanese words spelled differently between reference books. As we do more research, we are clarifying and correcting our spelling and definitions.

In the Japanese lannguage, a word does not change in the plural as it does in American. For example "kata" may mean one kata or five kata. It is incorrect to say "katas".