条件満たす必要　理事会認めれば可能 なるほドリ　将棋の藤井聡太（ふじいそうた）四段が最多連勝記録を更新したね。強いのに、なぜ四段のままなの？ 記者　段位は、通算勝利数や獲得したタイトルといった棋士（きし）人生を通じた実績を表すもの。上がることはあっても下がることはなく、必ずしも現時点の強さを反映していません。棋士は四段でデビューし、「昇段規定（しょうだんきてい）」の条件を満たすと昇段していきます。 Ｑ　藤井四段は条件を満たしていないの？

Donald Trump had already emerged as the likely presidential nominee of the Republican Party back in April when he gave a foreign policy speech pledging that "America First" would be "the major and overriding theme of my administration." It was a phrase guaranteed to prompt a reaction. Surely the two words sounded good together, but where had we heard them together before? And then, once again, the

ライターの力はたとえ話で決まる。 そう思っている。難しい話を身近なできごとに置き換えて分かりやすく伝える。 ものごとの構造を見抜く力と幅広い知識、それをつなぐ飛躍が必要になる。 我々もたとえ話のスキルを磨いていかなければならない。 そこで、まずはライターにわかりにくい話に触れてもらい、それを分かりやすくたとえるという力試し企画を行った。

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