The Lady Ashuko wrote:
O.O That. That's an expensive book!
If you thought THAT was bad... that's just the 4th edition price. Check out
the new 5th Edition price:
$1,252.63
.... I think my head just exploded.
(I'm reading more about it on Wikipedia;
Kenkyūsha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, and so on... maybe I'd rather get an electronic dictionary that included this... I'd think it would have to be cheaper? I'm seeing the
Casio EX-word XD-A9800 for instance for around $400 to $500, which includes the 5th edition and quite a few other dictionaries, for around the price of the 4th edition hardcover book.
I haven't looked up the rest of them or read reviews etc to see which is the most recommended...
I'm just still really shocked at the incredibly high price of the "paper edition" of the dictionary... wow...

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EDIT: OH WOW...
新和英大辞典 第5版 ― 並装 「ハードカバー」 -- 価格:¥ 18,900 (~$233USD)
That a profound price disparity. I wonder how much the cost of shipping would add to that? Not that it really matters... it's still well over $1,000 cheaper!
