.menu {
  padding:0;
  margin:0;
  padding-left: 1em;
  width:0;
  }
.menu li {
  list-style-type:none;
margin:0 0 0.25em 0; 
 text-align: center;
  }
.menu a, .menu a:visited {
position: relative;
  display:block;
  width:10em;
  border:2px solid #999;
  font-family:arial, verdana, sans-serif; /* ADDED */
  font-size:0.8em; /* ADDED */
  text-decoration:none; /* ADDED */
 background-color:#fff;
  color: #aaa; /* ADDED */
padding: 0.25em;
padding-left: 0em;
z-index:90;
  }

.menu a:hover {
  background:white;
  color: #aaa;
 background-image: url('graphics/flag.png');
 background-position: center center;
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
 font-weight: bold;
 z-index: 100;
  }
.menu a span {
  display: none;
  z-index: 100;
  background: transparent;
  }


.menu a:hover span {
  display:block;
  position: absolute;
  left: 11em;
  top: 0;
  text-align:left; /* ADDED */
  padding:0.5em;  /* ADDED */
  width:430px; /* ADDED */
  background-color: white; /* ADDED */



background-position: center center;
background-repeat:  no-repeat;
font-weight: normal;

  color: black; /* ADDED */ 
  border:2px solid #999;

  z-index: 100;


  }

.menu img.kanji {
  border: none;
  float:right;  
   margin:0.25em 0 0.5em 0;
  }

.menu img { 
  border: none;
  margin-right: 0.5em;
  float: left;
 }

.menu a:hover span:first-line {
  font-weight:bold; 
  font-size:1.2em;
  color: #444;
  }