In New York, the statute of limitations for personal injury cases gives an injured person three years from the date of the injury to go to court and file a lawsuit against those responsible for the injury (or for the underlying accident).
Other possibly helpful tidbits of info: Wolf in japanese is 'ookami' pronounced [oh-kah-me]. Oni [oh-knee], Mononoke [mo-noh-noh-kay], and Youkai [yo-k-eye] are all words to describe evil things, literal translations are oni=demonic ogre, mononoke=forest spirit (usually angry), and youkai=demon.
Wolf in Different Languages. Note The spelling of some languages are Romanized for ease of pronunciation (including Chinese, Russian, Korean, and Japanese). Also, almost all the nations from which these languages spring are believed to still have at least minimal wolf populations. Ahtna.