What's the Japanese word for ulcer?

[c9]

So my dear 1_2_ready_go is interviewing for a full-time job with his company in Tokyo. Eeeep!

He can speak Japanese - the job would be in English anyway - but I can't and have zero career prospects. Teaching English is always an option but would mean essentially stopping my career aspirations for a while. We're not sure whether this makes sense yet, but I know he really wants to go and won't go without me.

Needless to say, stress.

• House: we could put stuff in storage and rent it out.
• Job: I could teach English (dunno how long I would like that), act/model* (but only in English), or possibly work remotely for a company in Canada (but this only works short-term because I can't stay in the country more than 6 months in any 12-month period). We're not recognized as married for visa rules as far as I can tell, so even with his job visa I couldn't stay.
• Cats: can't go with us, can't stay with house or friends or family due to heavy budget and care requirements and inability to not get eaten/run over. No solution here yet.

The end point of all this is a big question mark. No idea when/how/if. But luckily that doesn't prevent stress and ulcers from getting started right away.

Anybody know anyone working in Japan that needs an English-speaker?

[crickets]


* No seriously! Being a white guy is valuable, even if I'm not a svelte model-type. But there's a lot of competition in this area from other slackers hanging out in Japan. :)