Steven,
Speaking as a teacher, nothing can really replace a good paper dictionary during the learning process. Yes, I have access to many very good 電子辞書, both on my iPhone and my DS, but this is not what I need. I need a comprehensive and up-to-date paper reference.
Tonight, I have searched on
Amazon Japan and found the
Lighthouse English-Japanese (5th ed.) for ¥3045 and the
Lighthouse Japanese-English (5th ed.) for ¥2,730.
The price is decent enough, but shipping to Canada is about ¥3,000, which means that I have to pay about CAD $70
per book. Now I have to ask one of my Japanese friends (or an expat) to buy it for me and send it to me using the cheapest means possible (or I might just order the damn thing).