I tried the Jim Breen's dictionary that was recommended, but couldn't figure it out. Since my Japanese is still very limited, I do not know a lot of the kanji or how to pronounce them in Japanese. So another wonderful online dictionary that lets you search words in Japanese and English (as well as sentences, kanji, &c.) is jisho.org. It won't show you stroke order, but its a great site for looking up words. It'll even tell you if its commonly used or not.
jisho.org I tried the Jim
jisho.org
I tried the Jim Breen's dictionary that was recommended, but couldn't figure it out. Since my Japanese is still very limited, I do not know a lot of the kanji or how to pronounce them in Japanese. So another wonderful online dictionary that lets you search words in Japanese and English (as well as sentences, kanji, &c.) is jisho.org. It won't show you stroke order, but its a great site for looking up words. It'll even tell you if its commonly used or not.