Reddit reviews Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-Japanese
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Just find Kodansha's Furigana dictionary and it'll be the right one. They're all e-j j-e, so far as I know. (Wouldn't be much good only going 1 way.)
US Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Kodanshas-Furigana-Japanese-Dictionary-Japanese-English/dp/4770024800
And Arisen is right. Dump romaji as quick as you can. After a while, you'll realize what a burden it is on Japanese learners. The same goes for Japanese learning English. They should switch to the alphabet as soon as possible. katakana-english is one of the reasons that the Japanese are so horrifically bad at pronouncing English.
For dictionaries, I'd maybe recommend Kodansha's furigana dictionary, although I don't have a copy myself. But I think it will be great for your reading ability to get used to working with Japanese only in kana (and kanji).
https://www.readthekanji.com/
For kanji, this is a great website - it's not free, but if you're a serious student it will absolutely deliver results if you keep up with the program. Presumably since you'd be paying for it, that might be some incentive :P
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http://www.japaneselearningtools.com/
The above website is based on this Excel macro (it's free), which is no longer maintained but will still be a huge help in learning kanji if you're just getting started.
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http://www.amazon.com/The-Kodansha-Kanji-Learners-Dictionary/dp/4770023359
The best kanji dictionary money can buy short of an electronic dictionary (denshi-jisho).
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http://www.amazon.com/Kodanshas-Furigana-Japanese-Dictionary-Japanese-English/dp/4770024800/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
One of the better vocabulary dictionaries by the same company.
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http://www.tangorin.com
Probably the best site to search for vocabulary, kanji, and example sentences for just about any word or grammatical construct.
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http://www.nihongodict.com
Similar to Tangorin, but just a faster way to search. Mostly has the same dictionary as Tangorin.
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http://www.alc.co.jp/
Once you get more familiar with Japanese, this site is the best for finding examples and contextual Japanese to learn how to properly use grammar and vocabulary.
Hope this list helps you out a little. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions or need specific resources.
Yeah, start learning Katakana, then move onto Hiragana. Right off the bat you're going to have to memorize all of it. Seems a bit daunting but sooner or later it'll be just like the English alphabet :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana#Table_of_katakana
edit: as for dictionaries, I used this one: http://www.amazon.com/Kodanshas-Furigana-Japanese-Dictionary-Japanese-English/dp/4770024800/