[DewarHolmes]

Grand. That's the approach I've been taking with the Kanji as well. 'They' teach you in terms of strokes + whatnot, but I've been trying to think of them as 'creatures' in themselves-as wholes-individual words with individual meanings. I guess I'll start from scratch with the grammar.
I'll look into this...'gooble' or whatever you called it. Thanks much.